Definitions
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- noun rhetoric Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.
Etymologies
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From Latin acervātiō ("heaping up"), from acervō ("heap up") + -ātiō.
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Homini cibus utilissimus simplex, acervatio cirborum pestifera, et condimenta perniciosa, multos morbos multa fercula ferunt.
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