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Meaning of HYPOBOLE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hy*pob"o*le\, n. [Gr. ? a throwing under, a
suggesting; ? under + ? 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.

 

 

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