epanaphora

English

Etymology

Latin , from Ancient Greek ἐπαναφορά (epanaphorá, “reference”).

Noun

epanaphora

  1. (rhetoric) anaphora
    • 1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 39:
      On words repeated Epanaphora plays,
      Or the same sense in other words conveys.
    • 1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:
      Epanaphora, […] has the same meaning [as Anaphora]

References

“epanaphora”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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