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Webster 1913 Edition

Antanaclasis

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Antˊan-a-cla′sis

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ἀντί
/ +
ἀνάκλασισ
a bending back and breaking. See
Anaclastic
.]
(Rhet.)
(a)
A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
(b)
A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Antanaclasis

ANTANACLA'SIS

,
Noun.
[Gr. a driving back.]
1.
In rhetoric, a figure, which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, whilst we live, let us live. Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
2.
It is also a repetition of words, beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, shall that heart, (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them,) shall that heart, &c.

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