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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
ploce n 1: (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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, "His wife's a wife indeed." --Bailey. [1913 Webster] | ||
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