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Repetition for rhetorical effect
Answer for the clue "Repetition for rhetorical effect ", 5 letters:
ploce
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Word definitions for ploce in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ploce may refer to: Ploce (figure of speech) Ploče , a city in Croatia
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context rhetoric English) A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ploce \Plo"ce\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? complication, fr. ? to entwine.] (Rhet.) 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 its peculiar attribute or quality; as, ...
Usage examples of ploce.
The garrison that guard such port installations as they have at Ploce are not first-line troops.
I can have him detained in Ploce for disobedience of orders and suspicion of trying to communicate with the enemy.
She can come along with us, hang around Ploce or join him in, as you say, durance vile.
No sooner had they jumped through the open hatchway and hit the water than the helicopter ascended and wheeled away over Ploce Beach towards the airport.