(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
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(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.; "In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history."
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.; "The last and perhaps t…
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.an argument offered in opposition to another argument
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical que…
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greate…
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine"
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.similarity by virtue of corresponding
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greate…
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Used in the same subject area: Rhetoric, Literature and rhetoric.
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To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figurativel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to gene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discours…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, figurative, nonliteral, sense.The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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