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ploce |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ploce \Plo"ce\, n. [L., fr Gr ? complication, fr ? to entwine.] (Rhet.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as ``His wife's a wife indeed.'' --Bailey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ploce n : repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
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