Sŷm'plo-ce, n.

n. [Lat., from Gr. συμπλοκή, an interweaving, from συμπλέκειν, to twine together, from σύν, with, and πλέκειν, to twine, πλοκή, a twining; Fr. symploque.] (Gram.) The repetition of a word at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth. Justice climbed back to heaven, and left the earth.