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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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  1. 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."
  2. n. (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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."