Hy̆-pŏb'o-le, n.

n. [Gr. ὑποβολή, a throwing under, from ὑποβάλλειν, to throw under, from ὑπό, under, and βάλλειν, to throw; Fr. hypobole.] (Rhet.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, and each of them is refuted in order.