epanalepsis en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin epanalepsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis), from ἐπαναλαμβάνω (epanalambánō), from ἐπί (epí) + ἀνά (aná) + λαμβάνω (lambánō).
Meanings
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(rhetoric, uncountable) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
Epanalepsis words will recommend The same at the beginning and the end.
1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Epanalepsis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 81:The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense[…]as in the epanalepsis, adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.
1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:
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fr épanalepse (Translations) · ru эпана́лепсис (Translations) · el επανάληψη (Translations) · ca epanalepsi (Translations)