E-pĭp'lo-çe, n.

E-pĭp'lo-çe, n. [Gr. ἐπιπλοκή, a plaiting together, from ἐπιπλέκειν, to plait or braid in, from ἐπί and πλέκειν, to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one aggravation, or striking circumstance, is added, in due gradation, to another; as, “He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued them, but advanced them.” Johnson.