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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.;
[syn: epiphora, epistrophe]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Epistrophe \E*pis"tro*phe\, n. [L., from Gr. ? a turning toward, return, fr. ? to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + ? to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I." --2 Cor. xi. 22. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

epistrophe n 1: repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. [syn: epiphora, epistrophe]