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Preterition   Listen
noun
Preterition  n.  
1.
The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
2.
(Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.
3.
(Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.






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"Preterition" Quotes from Famous Books



... paleology[obs3]; paleozoology; palaetiology[obs3], archaeology; paleogeography; paleoecology; paleobotany; paleoclimatoogy; archaism, antiquarianism, medievalism, Pre-Raphaelitism; paleography. retrospect, retrospection, looking back, memory &c. 505. <— originally - preterition; priority &c. 116 —> ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



Words linked to "Preterition" :   paralipsis, paralepsis



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