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Definition of Epistrophe
1. Noun. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..
Definition of Epistrophe
1. n. A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I."
Definition of Epistrophe
1. Noun. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epistrophe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epistrophe
Literary usage of Epistrophe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1906)
"As is well known, the chloroplast in the epistrophe position a flattened and ...
In the epistrophe condition the Chlorophyll corpuscle of chlorophyll to the ..."
2. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"It appears, then, that epistrophe occurs only within certain limits of light ...
A. Position of the chlorophyll grains in diffuse daylight — epistrophe. ..."
3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"In diffuse light, plastids commonly are close to the outer cell walls, and so
arranged as to expose a maximum surface to the light (epistrophe, fig. 758). ..."
4. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"... they are disposed on the surface-walls, both upper and lower, of the palisade-
cells (epistrophe). When, however, diffuse daylight is replaced FIG. 489. ..."
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