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Epiphora vs. Epistrophe

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Epiphoranoun

(rhetoric) epistrophe

Epistrophenoun

(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.

Epiphoranoun

(medical) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.

Epistrophenoun

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."

Epiphoranoun

(botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids).

Epistrophenoun

repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

Epiphoranoun

The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

Epistrophe

Epistrophe (Greek: ἐπιστροφή, ) is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. It is also known as epiphora and occasionally as antistrophe.

‘return’;

Epiphoranoun

The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.

Epiphoranoun

repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

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