Rhet. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἐπιπλοκή plaiting together, f. ἐπιπλέκειν, f. ἐπί upon + πλέκειν to plait, twine.] ‘A figure of rhetoric, by which one aggravation, or striking circumstance, is added in due gradation to another.’ (J.)
1678–1706. in Phillips.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1828. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
