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MANTRA |
Repeated word |
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REITERATIVE |
A word expressing repeated or reiterated action. |
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DITTO |
Mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated |
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EPANALEPSIS |
A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated
after intervening matter. |
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CATCHWORD |
A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as,
the catchword of a political party, etc. |
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EPIZEUXIS |
A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or
emphasis, as in the following lines: - |
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CRY |
A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and
repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories. |
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BIS |
Twice; -- a word showing that something is, or is to be,
repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts. |
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POLYPTOTON |
A figure by which a word is repeated in different
forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own
heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell." |
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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 it... |
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TERSANCTUS |
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"Holy" -- in its Latin form, "Sanctus" -- thrice repeated), used in the
Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecrat... |