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‖ anthypophora Rhet.|ænθɪˈpɒfərə| Also anti-hyp-. [L., a. Gr. ἀνθυποϕορά, f. ἀντ(ί against + ὑποϕορά allegation.] A figure in which an objection is refuted by a contrary inference or allegation.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 214 Antipophora..is when we will seeme to aske a question to th'intent we will aunswere it our selues. 1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 128 Anthypophora signifies a contrary illation or inference, and is when an objection is refuted or disproved by the opposition of a contrary sentence: as Matt. xxi. 23–25. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., If the hypophora be ‘grammar is very difficult to obtain’; the Anthypophora may be ‘grammar is indeed a little difficult to attain, but then its use is infinite.’ |