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Found 3 hits - Term: paraleipsis, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paraleipsis \par`aleip"sis\, n. nl., fr. gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
   on one side, to omit; para` beside + ? to leave. rhet.
   a pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker
   artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for
   example, if an orator should say, "i do not speak of my
   adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal
   conduct, his treachery and malice." written also
   paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.
   1913 webster
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paralepsis paralepsy paralipsis 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
preterition \pre`teri"tion\ ?; 277, n. l. praeteritio: cf.
   f. pr'et'erition.
   1. the act of passing, or going past; the state of being
      past. --bp. hall.
      1913 webster

   2. rhet. a figure by which, in pretending to pass over
      anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "i will not
      say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." called
      also paraleipsis.
      1913 webster

   3. law the omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
      who is entitled to a portion. --bouvier.
      1913 webster
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paraleipsis 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
paraleipsis
     n : suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
         significance is omitted syn: paralepsis, paralipsis,
          preterition
     also: paraleipses pl
see also:
paralepsis paralipsis preterition paraleipses 

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