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epanaphora en · NOUN

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπαναφορά (epanaphorá, “reference”).

Meanings

  1. (rhetoric) anaphora
    • On words repeated Epanaphora plays, Or the same sense in other words conveys. 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Epanaphora.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 39:
    • Epanaphora, […] has the same meaning [as Anaphora] 1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations: