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Webster 1913 Edition


Anastrophe


A-nas′tro-phe

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to turn up or back;
ἀνά
+ [GREEK] to turn.]
(Rhet. & Gram.)
An inversion of the natural order of words;
as,
echoed the hills
, for, the
hills echoed
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anastrophe

ANAS'TROPHE

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Anastrophe

Anastrophe

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German

Noun

Anastrophe f (genitive Anastrophe, plural Anastrophen)

  1. (rhetoric) anastrophe

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anastrophe

anastrophe

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English

Noun

anastrophe (plural anastrophes)

  1. (rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

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French

Noun

anastrophe f (plural anastrophes)

  1. anastrophe