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Meaning of PLOCE

Pronunciation:  'plowsee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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