Rhet. [L. epiplēxis, Gr. ἐπίπληξις, f. ἐπιπλήσσειν, f. ἐπί upon + πλήσσειν to strike.] (See quot.)
1678. Phillips, Epiplexis, A figure in Rhetorick which by an elegant kind of upbraiding, indeavours to convince.
1721–1800. in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts.
