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Webster 1913 Edition

Anastrophe

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A-nas′tro-phe

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to turn up or back;

ἀνά

+ [GREEK] to turn.]

(Rhet. & Gram.)

An inversion of the natural order of words;

as,

echoed the hills

, for, the

hills echoed

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anastrophe

ANAS'TROPHE

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