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paraleipsis
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Paraleipsis
(gcide) | Paraleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` 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.]
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paraleipsis
(gcide) | Preterition \Pre`ter*i"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf.
F. pr['e]t['e]rition.]
1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being
past. --Bp. Hall.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over
anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not
say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called
also paraleipsis.
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3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
who is entitled to a portion. --Bouvier.
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paraleipsis
(wn) | paraleipsis
n 1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
paralipsis, preterition] |
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Paraleipsis
(gcide) | Paraleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` 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.]
[1913 Webster]Preterition \Pre`ter*i"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf.
F. pr['e]t['e]rition.]
1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being
past. --Bp. Hall.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over
anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not
say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called
also paraleipsis.
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3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
who is entitled to a portion. --Bouvier.
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