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Definition of Anadeplosis

||An`a*di*plo"sis (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; to double, &?;, &?;, twofold, double.] (Rhet.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase used at the end of a sentence or clause is repeated near the beginning of the next sentence or clause
         
  • "Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." (Romans 5:3-4)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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