'Symploce' definitions:
Definition of 'symploce'
From: WordNet
noun
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
Definition of 'Symploce'
From: GCIDE
- Symploce \Sym"plo*ce\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an interweaving, fr. ? to twine together; ? + ? to twine.] (Rhet.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth. [1913 Webster]