Usually means: Repetition of words in reverse.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word antimetabole:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. antimetabole: Collins English Dictionary
  2. antimetabole: Wordnik
  3. antimetabole: Wiktionary
  4. Antimetabole: Dictionary.com
  5. Antimetabole: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Antimetabole: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. antimetabole: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Antimetabole: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. antimetabole: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. antimetabole: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Antimetabole: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  2. Antimetabole: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  3. Antimetabole: A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
  4. ANTIMETABOLE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Definitions from Wiktionary (antimetabole)

noun:  (rhetoric) The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.

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