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noun
The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
repetition after intervening words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: repetition
History
Borrowed from Latin epanalepsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis), from ἐπαναλαμβάνω (epanalambánō), from ἐπί (epí) + ἀνά (aná) + λαμβάνω (lambánō).
Across languages
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