Definition of Epanaphora

1. Noun. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Exact synonyms: Anaphora
Generic synonyms: Repetition

Definition of Epanaphora

1. n. Same as Anaphora.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epanaphora

epact
epactal
epactal bones
epactal ossicles
epacts
epagoge
epagoges
epagogic
epagomenal
epalate
epalrestat
epamniotic
epamniotic cavity
epanadiplosis
epanalepsis
epanaphora (current term)
epanastrophe
epanodos
epanody
epanorthosis
epanthous
eparch
eparchial
eparchic
eparchies
eparchs
eparchy
eparsalgia
eparterial
eparterial bronchus

Literary usage of Epanaphora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and by John Walker (1823)
"epanaphora, or Repetition, is a figue which gracefully and emphatically repeats either the same words, or the same sense in different words. ..."

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