1. Noun
A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!
2. Noun
immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification; "epanorthosis such as ‘Seems, madam! Nay, it is’"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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