Ep'a-nor-thō'sis, n.

n. [Gr. ἐπανορθωσις, from ἐπανορθοῦν, to set up or upright, to correct, from ἐπί and ἀνορθοῦν, to set right again, from ἀνά, upward, up, and ὀρθοῦν, to set straight, from ὀρθός, straight.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker recalls what he has said, in order to substitute a stronger or more significant one; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!