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a⋅naph⋅o⋅ra

   [uh-naf-er-uh]
–noun
1. Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. Compare epistrophe (def. 1), symploce.
2. Grammar. the use of a word as a regular grammatical substitute for a preceding word or group of words, as the use of it and do in I know it and he does too. Compare cataphora.
3. (sometimes initial capital letter) Eastern Church.
a. the prayer of oblation and consecration in the Divine Liturgy during which the Eucharistic elements are offered.
b. the part of the ceremony during which the Eucharistic elements are offered as an oblation.
Origin:
1580–90; < LL < Gk: a bringing back, repeating, equiv. to ana- ana- + -phora, akin to phérein to carry, bring; cf. -phore, -phorous
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a·naph·o·ra     (ə-nāf'ər-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills" (Winston S. Churchill).
  2. Linguistics The use of a linguistic unit, such as a pronoun, to refer back to another unit, as the use of her to refer to Anne in the sentence Anne asked Edward to pass her the salt.


[Late Latin, from Greek, from anapherein, to bring back : ana-, ana- + pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

an'a·phor'ic (ān'ə-fôr'ĭk, -fŏr'-) adj.
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anaphora

noun
1. using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier 
2. repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses [syn: epanaphora] 

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Anaphora

A*naph"o*ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to carry up or back; ? + ? to carry.] (Rhet.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

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