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EPISTROPHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epistrophe mean? 

EPISTROPHE (noun)
  The noun EPISTROPHE has 1 sense:

1. repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.play

  Familiarity information: EPISTROPHE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPISTROPHE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

epiphora; epistrophe

Hypernyms ("epistrophe" is a kind of...):

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


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