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Ploce
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Plo′ce
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] complication, fr. [GREEK] to entwine.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality;
as, “His
.” wife
’s a wife
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Definition 2024
ploce
ploce
See also: Ploče
English
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In that great victory, Caesar was Caesar! |
Noun
ploce (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.
Hyponyms
- (rhetoric): polyptoton, antanaclasis