Ep`i·plex'is noun [ Latin , reproof, from Greek ... , from ... to strike at, reprove; 'epi` + ... to strike.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/56
noun a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974