Usually means: Repetition of words at sentence-ends.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word epistrophe:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. epistrophe: Merriam-Webster
  2. epistrophe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epistrophe: Collins English Dictionary
  4. epistrophe: Vocabulary.com
  5. epistrophe: Wordnik
  6. epistrophe: Wiktionary
  7. epistrophe: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Epistrophe, epistrophe: Dictionary.com
  9. Epistrophe (genus), Epistrophe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Epistrophe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. epistrophe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. epistrophe: Rhymezone
  13. Epistrophe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. epistrophe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. epistrophe: FreeDictionary.org
  16. epistrophe: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. epistrophe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. epistrophe: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. epistrophe: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. epistrophe: A Word A Day
  2. epistrophe: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See epistrophes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (epistrophe)

noun:  (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
noun:  (botony) An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface).

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