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Webster 1913 Edition


Hypobole

Hy-pob′o-le

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a throwing under, a suggesting; [GREEK] under + [GREEK] to throw.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hypobole

HYPOB'OLE

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Noun.
hypob'oly. [Gr. under, and to cast.]
In rhetoric, a figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument or in favor of the opposite side,and each of them is refuted in order.

Definition 2024


hypobole

hypobole

English

Noun

hypobole

  1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favour of the opposing side, and then they are refuted one by one.