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Webster 1913 Edition


Epanorthosis

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Epˊan-or-tho′sis

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
ἐπί
+ [GREEK] to set right again; [GREEK] again + [GREEK] to set straight.]
A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!