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English
Etymology
Latin , from Ancient Greek ἐπαναφορά (epanaphorá, “reference”).
Noun
epanaphora
- (rhetoric) anaphora
1835, L Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, , Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 39:On words repeated Epanaphora plays,
Or the same sense in other words conveys.
1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:Epanaphora, […] has the same meaning [as Anaphora]
References
“epanaphora”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.