Anastrophe

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anastrophe \A*nas"tro*phe\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn up or back;
     'ana` + ? to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.)
     An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the
     hills, for, the hills echoed.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anastrophe
       n : the reversal of the normal order of words [syn: {inversion}]