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/ˈɛkbəliː/ · noun
(rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words..
Ecbole: a […] change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch.
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Ecbole means (rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words..
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Ecbole: a […] change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch.
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