/ep'euh nawr thoh"sis/ , n. , pl. epanorthoses /-seez/ . Rhet.
the rephrasing of an immediately preceding word or statement for the purpose of intensification, emphasis, or justification, as in "Seems, madam! Nay, it is; I know not 'seems.' "
[ 1570-80; epanórthosis correcting, revision. See EP-, ANA-, ORTHOSIS ]