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Preterition

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(n.) The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.

(2):

(n.) 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):

(n.) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Preterition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/preterition.html. 1828.
 
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