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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a rising, return;

ἐπί

+ [GREEK] a way up, rising; [GREEK] up + [GREEK] way.]

(Rhet.)

A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order

, as in the following: –

O more exceeding love, or law more just?
Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love!

Milton.

epanodos ‎(plural epanodoses)