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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANAPH'ORA, n. [Gr.]
1. A figure in rhetoric, when the same word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more succeeding verses or clauses of a sentence; as, "Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world?"
2. Among physicians, the discharge of blood or purulent matter by the mouth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
2: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses [syn: epanaphora, anaphora]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek, act of carrying back, reference, from anapherein to carry back, refer, from ana- + pherein to carry — more at bear Date: circa 1589 1. repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect <Lincoln's “we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground” is an example of anaphora> — compare epistrophe 2. use of a grammatical substitute (as a pronoun or a pro-verb) to refer to the denotation of a preceding word or group of words; also the relation between a grammatical substitute and its antecedent

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Rhet. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. 2 Gram. the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition (e.g. do in I like it and so do they). 3 Eccl. the part of the Eucharist which contains the consecration, anamnesis, and communion. Derivatives: anaphoric adj. Etymology: L f. Gk, = repetition (as ANA-, phero to bear)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anaphora A*naph"o*ra, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to carry up or back; ? + ? to carry.] (Rhet.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.