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Anadiplosis


ANADIPLO'SIS, noun [Gr. again, and double.]

Duplication, a figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting in the repetition of the last word or words in a line or clause of a sentence, in the beginning of the next; as, 'he retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes, misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent.