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A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."

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  1. n. A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."
  2. n. breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
  3. A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."
  4. A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, asif unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declareto you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."
  5. n. breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)