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Webster 1913 Edition


Epistrophe

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E-pis′tro-phe

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Noun.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK] a turning toward, return, fr. [GREEK] to turn toward;
ἐπί
upon, to + [GREEK] to turn.]
(Rhet.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Epistrophe

EPIS'TROPHE