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symploce

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sym⋅plo⋅ce

  [sim-ploh-see]
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–noun Rhetoric.
the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
Origin:
1570–80; < NL symplocē < Gk symplok intertwining, combination, equiv. to sym- sym- + plok, n. deriv. of plékein to plait, twine; akin to L plectere (see -plex )
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symploce

noun
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 
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