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Polyptoton

Polyptoton Meaning & Definition
Polyptoton Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polyptoton?

[n] repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"

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Polyptoton In Webster's Dictionary

\Pol`yp*to"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? having, or being in, many cases; poly`s many + ? case.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- ``My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell.''

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