Ĕp'an-a-di-plō'sis, n.

noun

n. [Gr. ἐπαναδίπλωσις, from ἐπαναδιπλοῦν, to repeat, from ἐπί and ἀναδιπλοῦν, to make double. See ANADIPLOSIS.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and end of a sentence; as, “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” Phil. iv. 4.