Apophasis; or, Insinuation Addition of Insinuation (implied) by way of Reasoning
A-poph´-a-sis (ἀπόφασις), denial, negation, from ἀποφάναι (apophanai), to speak off, and this from ἀπό (apo), off, and φάναι (phanai), to speak or say .
The figure is used when, professing to suppress certain matters or ideas, the speaker proceeds to add the insinuation, negatively: e.g., “I will not mention the matter, but,” etc.; or, “I will not mention another argument, which, however, if I should, you could not refute.”
Philemon 1:19. -“I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it (albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides).”
When the matter or argument is actually added, the figure is then called