Definition of Epanalepsis

1. Noun. Repetition after intervening words.

Generic synonyms: Repetition

Definition of Epanalepsis

1. n. A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.

Definition of Epanalepsis

1. Noun. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epanalepsis

epacrises
epact
epactal
epactal bones
epactal ossicles
epacts
epagoge
epagoges
epagogic
epagomenal
epalate
epalrestat
epamniotic
epamniotic cavity
epanadiplosis
epanalepsis (current term)
epanaphora
epanastrophe
epanodos
epanody
epanorthosis
epanthous
eparch
eparchial
eparchic
eparchies
eparchs
eparchy
eparsalgia
eparterial

Literary usage of Epanalepsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements and Science of English Versification by William Caswell Jones (1897)
"epanalepsis. Sir William Jones. Is a figure by which a sentence ends with the same word with which it begins : (i). ..."

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