EPIT'ROPY, n. [Gr. to permit.] In rhetoric, concession; a figure by which one thing is granted, with a view to obtain an advantage; as, I admit all this may be true, but what is this to the purpose? I concede the fact, but it overthrows your own argument.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.