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Antanagoge

ANTANAGO'GE, n. antanago'gy. [Gr. against, and a taking up.] In rhetoric, a figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the...

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ANTANAGO'GE, n. antanago'gy. [Gr. against, and a taking up.]

In rhetoric, a figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or other crime.

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