Epiploce

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

  Epiploce \E*pip"lo*ce\, n. [L., connection, from Gr. ? a
     plaiting together, fr. ? to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + ?
     to twist, plait.] (Rhet.)
     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." --Johnson.
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