sustenatio

Figure Name sustenatio
Source Bullinger (1898) ("sustenatio; or, suspense")
Earliest Source None
Synonyms suspense, creman, exartesis
Etymology sus-ten-ta'-ti-o, i.e., suspension
Type None
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Definition

1. Addition suspending the Conclusion, by way of Reasoning... The figure is used when additions to the argument are made by which the conclusion is kept in suspense. (Bullinger, 492)

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Confidence Unconfident
Last Editor Ioanna Malton
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