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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In rhet, the employment of several words having a common origin in the same sentence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rhet.) Juxtaposing words having a common derivation, as in the phrase "sense and sensibility".
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- noun rhetoric The
juxtaposition of words that have the same roots; usingcognate words together, such ascurvaceous curves ; myloving andbeloved wife.; or He's amanly man .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility')
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