n. Allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned, as in I will not bring up my opponent's questionable financial dealings. [Late Latin, from Greek, from apophanai, to say no : apo-, apo- + phanai, to say; see bhā-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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