Usually means: Repetition of word, different meaning.
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  1. antanaclasis: Merriam-Webster
  2. antanaclasis: Wordnik
  3. antanaclasis: Wiktionary
  4. antanaclasis: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Antanaclasis, antanaclasis: Dictionary.com
  6. Antanaclasis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Antanaclasis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. antanaclasis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Antanaclasis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. antanaclasis: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. antanaclasis: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  12. antanaclasis: FreeDictionary.org
  13. antanaclasis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. antanaclasis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. antanaclasis: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  2. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  3. ANTANACLASIS: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

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  1. antanaclasis: A Word A Day
  2. antanaclasis: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (antanaclasis)

▸ noun:  (rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.

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antistasis, antimetathesis, anacoloutha, synonymia, anaphora, antimetabole, antinomy, metonymy, synonymomania, antilogy, more...



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