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antanaclasis

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Ant`an`a`cla´sis
n.1.(Rhet.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
antanaclasis
a repetition of words to resume the sense after a long parenthetical digression. See also rhetoric and rhetorical devices.
See also: Grammar
a rhetorical device in which the same word is repeated but with a different sense each time. See also grammar.
See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices


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