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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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epistrophe

 : 
Noun
 : 
e=pis=tro=phe

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun epistrophe has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

epistrophen. [L., from Gr. a turning toward, return, fr. to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + to turn.].
     A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.”  2 Cor. xi. 22.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

epistrophe, n. the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses.

Etymology
Gk (as EPI-, strophe turning)
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