epanodos

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epanodos - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Epanodos \E*pan"o*dos\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a rising, return;
     'epi` + ? a way up, rising; ? up + ? way.] (Rhet.)
     A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause
     are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: 
     [1913 Webster]
  
           O more exceeding love, or law more just?
           Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! --Milton.
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epanodos - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  epanodos
      n 1: recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in
           reverse order)
      2: repetition of a group of words in reverse order