Definition for AN-A-DI-PLO'SIS

AN-A-DI-PLO'SIS, n. [Gr. ανα, again, and διπλοος, 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.” – Encyc.

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