Definition of Antanaclasis

1. n. A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.

Definition of Antanaclasis

1. Noun. (rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of pun. ¹

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Medical Definition of Antanaclasis

1. A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc. Origin: Gr.; + a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antanaclasis

antagonize
antagonized
antagonizes
antagonizing
antagony
antaircraft
antalgesia
antalgic
antalgic gait
antalgics
antalkali
antalkalies
antalkaline
antalkalis
antambulacral
antanaclasis (current term)
antanagoge
antapex
antaphrodisiacs
antaphroditic
antapices
antapoplectic
antar
antara
antarafacial
antarafacially
antaras
antarchist
antarchists

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