·noun A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; ·e.g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them.".
ĕpī̆plŏcē, ēs, f., = ἐπιπλοκή, rhet. t. t., a connection , Rufin. de Fig. 13, p. 44. ...
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