Epiphora

2 definitions found

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

  Epiphora \E*piph"o*ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'epifora`, fr.
     'epife`rein to bring to or upon; 'epi` + fe`rein to bring.]
     1. (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears
        accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
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     2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at
        the end of several sentences or stanzas.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epiphora
       n : repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences,
           verses, etc. [syn: {epistrophe}]