Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Symploce \Sym"plo*ce\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an interweaving, fr. ?
to twine together; ? + ? 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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
symploce
n 1: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another
at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of
anaphora and epistrophe