Meanings
noun
- rhetoricanaphora
Epanaphora, […] has the same meaning [as Anaphora]
1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounrepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἐπαναφορά“reference”
- Englishepanaphora
Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπαναφορά (epanaphorá, “reference”).
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