Ep'an-a-lĕp'sis, n.

n. [Gr. ἐπανάληψις, from ἐπαναλαμβάνειν, to take up again, to repeat, from ἐπί and ἀναλαμβάνειν, to take up. See ANALEPSIS.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Gibbs.