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Webster 1913 Edition
Symploce
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Sym′plo-ce
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] an interweaving, fr. [GREEK] to twine together; [GREEK] + [GREEK] to twine.]
(Rhet.)
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.
Definition 2024
symploce
symploce
English
Noun
symploce (plural symploces)
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The white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled. - Malcolm X |
- (rhetoric) The repetition of one word or words at the beginning and another word or words at the end of successive phrases or clauses.
- (rhetoric) A combination of epanaphora and antistrophe.
Translations
rhetoric: repetition of one word or words
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rhetoric: combination of epanaphora and antistrophe