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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Symploce  \Sym"plo*ce\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?  an  interweaving,  fr  ? 
  to  twine  together;  ?  +  ?  to  twine.]  (Rhet.) 
  The  repetition  of  a  word  or  phrase  at  the  beginning  and 
  another  at  the  end  of  successive  clauses;  as  Justice  came 
  down  from  heaven  to  view  the  earth;  Justice  returned  to 
  heaven,  and  left  the  earth. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  symploce 
  n  :  repetition  of  a  word  or  phrase  at  the  beginning  and  another 
  at  the  end  of  successive  clauses,  i.e.,  simultaneous  use 
  of  anaphora  and  epistrophe 




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