Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-A-TREP'TIC
AN-A-TREP'TIC, a. [Gr. ανατρεπω, to overturn.]
Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating; a word applied to the Dialogues of Plato, which represent a complete defeat in the gymnastic exercises. Enfield.
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