English dictionary
ploce
/'pl/oU/s/i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>wife</i>'s a <i>wife</i> indeed."
Source: webster1913