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‖ antistrophon Rhet.|ænˈtɪstrəfən|
[neut. sing. of Gr. ἀντίστροϕ-ος turned in an opposite way, f. ἀντι-στρέϕειν to turn to the opposite side.]
An argument that is retorted upon an opponent.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxiv. 55 But for the point wherein you touch vs..it is Antistrophon, and turneth a great deale better vpon you. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851, 267, I turne his Antistrophon upon his owne head. 1818in Todd; and in mod. Dicts. |