||E*pip"lo*ce (?), n. [L., connection, from Gr. &?; a plaiting together, fr. &?; to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + &?; to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.