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Antanaclasis
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What's The Definition Of Antanaclasis?Synonyms | Synonyms for Antanaclasis: Related Terms | Find terms related to Antanaclasis: See Also | Antanaclasis In Webster's Dictionary \Ant`an*a*cla"sis\, n. [Gr. ?; ? + ? a bending back
and breaking. See {Anaclastic}.] (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.
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