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   ‖Ecbole , n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἐκβολή a throwing out, a digression, fr. ἐκβάλλειν to throw out; ἐκ out of + βάλλειν to throw.] (Rhet.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.
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