ANTANAGOGE

ANTANAGO'GE, noun antanago'gy. [Gr. against, and a taking up.]In rhetoric, a figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or other crime.

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‖Ant′an‐a‐go″ge (�), n. [[Pref. anti- + anagoge.]] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.