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E5186630 (ə-pĭs′trə-fē)n. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs, as "government of the people, by the people, for the people" (Abraham Lincoln).

[Greek epistrophē, a turning about : epi-, epi- + strophē, a turning; see strophe.]

epistrophe

(ɪˈpɪstrəfɪ) n (Rhetoric) rhetoric repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences[C17: New Latin, from Greek, from epi- + strophē a turning]

e•pis•tro•phe

(ɪˈpɪs trə fi)

n. the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …” [1640–50; < New Latin < Greek epistrophḗ; see epi-, strophe]

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epistrophe - repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.epiphorarepetition - the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

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a figurative device, the repetition of a word at the end of consecutive units of discourse (Festonchiki, vse festonchiki: pelerinka iz festonchikov, na rukavakh festonchiki, epoletsy iz festonchikov . . ., “Scallops, always scallops: the cape with scallops, the cuffs with scallops, the epaulets with scallops . . .,” Gogol).

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noun repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc

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