| epiplexis | |
| e-pi-plex'-is | from Gk. epi, "upon" and plessein, "to strike" |
| increpacio | |
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Asking questions in order to chide, to express grief, or to inveigh. A kind of rhetorical question. | |
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| Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? —Job 3:11 | ||
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| See Also | ||
| Sources: | Sherry (1550) 51 ("epiplexis," "increpacio") | |
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