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Webster 1913 Edition
Antanaclasis
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Antˊan-a-cla′sis
,Noun.
(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.
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.Definition 2024
antanaclasis
antanaclasis
English
Noun
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We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. |
antanaclasis
- (rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of pun.
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the use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time
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