Epagoge

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epagoge \Ep`a*go"ge\, n. [L., from Gr. 'epagwgh` a bringing in,
     fr. 'epa`gein. See {Epact}.] (Logic)
     The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a
     universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
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