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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epiplexis \Ep`i*plex"is\, n. [L., reproof, fr Gr ?, fr ? to strike at reprove; 'epi` + ? to strike.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epiplexis n : a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them
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