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e•pis•tro•phe

Pronunciation: (i-pis'tru-fē), [key]
—n.
1. Also called epiphora. Rhet.the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …” Cf. anaphora (def. 1).
2. Neoplatonism.the realization by an intellect of its remoteness from the One.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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