Definition of Apophesis
||A*poph"a*sis (&adot;*p&obreve;f"&adot;*s&ibreve;s),
n. [Gr. 'apo`fasis denial, fr.
'apofa`nai to speak out, to deny.] (Rhet.) A figure
by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point,
but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see
Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Cæsar, iii. 2.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned
- I won't mention your bad grammar
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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