anadiplosis

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an·a·di·plo·sis

(ăn′ə-də-plō′sĭs)

n. pl. an·a·di·plo·ses (-sēz)

Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example, He is a man of loyalty—loyalty always firm.

[Late Latin anadiplōsis, from Greek, from anadiploun, to redouble : ana-, ana- + diploun, to double (from diplous, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots).]

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anadiplosis

(ˌænədɪˈpləʊsɪs)

(Rhetoric) rhetoric repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next

[C16: via Latin from Greek: repetition, from anadiploun to double back, from ana- + diploun to double]

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an•a•di•plo•sis

(ˌæn ə dɪˈploʊ sɪs)

n., pl. -plo•ses (-ˈploʊ siz)

repetition of the last word or words of one clause at the beginning of the next clause, as in “To die, to sleep; to sleep!”

[1580–90; < Latin < Greek, derivative (with -sis -sis) of anadiploûsthai to be doubled back = ana- ana- + diploûsthai, middle of diploûn to double (see diploma)]

anadiplosis

a device in which an unimportant word or the beginning of a phrase in one sentence is repeated in the following sentence, often with a change or extension of the sense. Cf. epanastrophe.

anadiplosis

Repetition at the beginning of a sentence, line, or phrase of the last words of the preceding one.

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anadiplosis - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

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repetition - the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

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