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paralepsis


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paraleipsis  \Par`a*leip"sis\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to  leave 
  on  one  side  to  omit;  ?  beside  +  ?  to  leave.]  (Rhet.) 
  A  pretended  or  apparent  omission;  a  figure  by  which  a  speaker 
  artfully  pretends  to  pass  by  what  he  really  mentions;  as  for 
  example,  if  an  orator  should  say  ``I  do  not  speak  of  my 
  adversary's  scandalous  venality  and  rapacity,  his  brutal 
  conduct,  his  treachery  and  malice.''  [Written  also 
  {paralepsis},  {paralepsy},  {paralipsis}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paralepsis  \Par`a*lep"sis\,  n.  [NL.] 
  See  {Paraleipsis}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paralepsis 
  n  :  suggesting  by  deliberately  concise  treatment  that  much  of 
  significance  is  omitted  [syn:  {paraleipsis},  {paralipsis}, 
  {preterition}] 




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