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Definition of Anaphora
1. Noun. Using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier.
2. Noun. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Definition of Anaphora
1. n. A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
Definition of Anaphora
1. Noun. (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context. ¹
3. Noun. (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression. ¹
4. Noun. (plural of anaphor) ¹
5. Noun. (plural of anaphora) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anaphora
1. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses or sentences [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaphora
Literary usage of Anaphora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... (1) the anaphora according to the Order of the Holy Catholic and Roman Church,
the Mother of all the Churches; (2) tho anaphora of St. Peter, ..."
2. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"... JAMES STUART can be transposed into Claims Arthur's Seat. 2. Astronomers =
Moon starers. 3. Levi=vile = evil. anaphora. § 576. anaphora, from the Greek ..."
3. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1916)
"The Use of anaphora in the Amplification of a General Truth Illustrated ...
anaphora is of extremely frequent occurrence in Greek and Latin poetry and prose ..."
4. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"These specimens exhibit frequent use of anaphora and rhetorical questions and,
as they are quoted on account of their vivacity, give an idea of Crassus' ..."
5. A Second Latin Exercise Book with Hints for Higher Latin Prose Composition by John Barrow Allen (1904)
"anaphora is chiefly employed where emphasis and impressiveness are required.
Hence the frequency with which it is employed in speeches. ..."
6. Introduction to Latin Composition by William Francis Allen (1874)
"When such a series of words follows a relative, conjunction, or preposition, this
is commonly repeated with each word: this is called anaphora ; as, ..."
7. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"anaphora no doubt belongs to the tineidae, restricted to the allies of Tinea by Mr.
Stainton in his Insecta Britannica, v. 3, but neither Lord Walsingham ..."
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