Thesaurus: ploce
A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed."
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Definitions
- n. A word/figure">figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed."
- n. (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
- A word/figure">figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed." Bailey.
- A word/figure">figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way ofemphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted byit, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's awife indeed." Bailey.
- n. A word/figure">figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed."