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Webster 1913 Edition


Symploce

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Sym′plo-ce

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] an interweaving, fr. [GREEK] to twine together; [GREEK] + [GREEK] to twine.]
(Rhet.)
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.