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‖ epitrope Rhet.|ɛˈpɪtrəpiː|
[L. epitrope, a. Gr. ἐπιτροπή, f. ἐπιτρέπειν to give up, yield, ἐπί upon + τρέπειν to turn.]
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1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 131 Epitrope..a figure when we either seriously or ironically permit a thing, and yet object the inconveniency. 1678–1706in Phillips. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1844J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. (1857) 217 Epitrope..is a figure of rhetoric by which a permission, either seriously or ironically, is granted to an opponent, to do what he proposes to do. |