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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Epanorthosis

· Ep·an·or·tho·sis · IPA
01 n. A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! B…
  1. 1.
    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!