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Definitions of rhetoric
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high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose. Webster Dictionary DB
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Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling. Webster Dictionary DB
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Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms. Webster Dictionary DB
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The art of speaking or writing with elegance and force; fine speaking without conviction or earnest feeling; a textbook on the art of speaking and writing. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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The art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Art of speaking with eloquence and force. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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The art of discourse; pleasing or persuasive skill in the use of language. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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The science or art of persuasive or effective speech; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force; the power of persuasion or attraction. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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The science of oratory; the art of speaking in public with propriety, elegance, and force; the power of persuasion and attraction in speech. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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