epitrope Meaning, Definition & Usage

E*pit"ro*pe noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. reference, arbitration, fr. to turn over, to give up, yield; upon, over + to turn.
Definitions
  1. (Rhet.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still."

Webster 1913