Antĭ-an-a-gō'je, n.

n. [Gr. ἀντί, against, and ἀναγωγή, a leading up. See ANAGOGE.] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or other crime. Bailey.