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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epistrophe /ɪˈpɪstrəfi, ɛ-/

▶noun the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

– origin C16: from Gk epistrophē, from epistrephein ‘turn around’.

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