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Epiplocy

EPIP'LOCY, n. [Gr. implication; to fold.] A figure of rhetoric, by which one aggravation, or striking circumstance, is added in due gradation to another; as, ""He not only spared his enemies, but continued the...

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EPIP'LOCY, n. [Gr. implication; to fold.] A figure of rhetoric, by which one aggravation, or striking circumstance, is added in due gradation to another; as, ""He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued them, but advanced them.""

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