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symploce |
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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