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There are 6 words containing LEPSIS

PROLEPSIS	• prolepsis n. (Rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. • prolepsis n. (Logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument. • prolepsis n. (Grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that…
SYLLEPSIS	• syllepsis n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such… • syllepsis n. (Botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of… • SYLLEPSIS n. (Greek) a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in 'He lost his coat and his temper'.
METALEPSIS	• metalepsis n. (Rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which… • METALEPSIS n. metonymy, esp. of a double, complicated, or indirect kind.
EPANALEPSIS	• epanalepsis n. (Rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter. • EPANALEPSIS n. repetition or resumption with the same words e.g. 'The king is dead, long live the king'.
MONOBLEPSIS	• monoblepsis n. (Pathology) A defect of vision that is evident only if both eyes are open. • MONOBLEPSIS n. a condition in which vision is more distinct when one eye only is used.
PARABLEPSIS	• parablepsis n. (Palaeography) A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side… • PARABLEPSIS n. false vision; oversight, also PARABLEPSY.

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English Wiktionary: 13 words
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