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Epanorthosis

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(n.) 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!

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Epanorthosis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/epanorthosis.html. 1828.
 
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