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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hypobole

· Hy·pob·o·le · IPA
01 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.(Rhet.)