† expolitionn.
Obsolete.
a. The action of polishing.
ΚΠ
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Expolition, a trimming, polishing or burnishing.
b. Rhetoric. (See quots.)
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > explanation of same topic in different phrases
expolitio1589
expolition1728
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xx. 207 [Expolitio]..doth..polish our speech & as it were attire it with copious & pleasant amplifications and much varietie of sentences all running vpon one point & to one intent.]
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Expolition, in Rhetoric, a Figure, whereby we explain the same Thing in different Phrases and Expressions, in order to shew it more fully.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Expolition, (in Rhetorick) a figure whereby the same thing is explained in different phrases, in order to shew it more fully.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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