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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epiphora \E*piph"o*ra\, n. [L., fr Gr 'epifora`, fr 'epife`rein to bring to or upon 'epi` + fe`rein to bring.] 1. (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. 2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epiphora n : repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc [syn: {epistrophe}]
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