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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
epiphora
    n 1: repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences,
         verses, etc. [syn: epiphora, epistrophe]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Epiphora \E*piph"o*ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'epifora`, fr.
   'epife`rein to bring to or upon; 'epi` + fe`rein to bring.]
   1. (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears
      accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at
      the end of several sentences or stanzas.
      [1913 Webster]
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