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Definition of: anastrophe
(ə·nas′trə·fē) noun
In rhetoric, the inversion of the natural or usual order of words, as “homeward directly he went.” Also a·nas′·tro·phy. [ < Gk. anastrophē < ana strephein < ana- back + strephein turn]
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