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#119484 01/10/2004 4:50 PM
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Antanaclasis
Ant`an`a`cla´sis
n. 1. (Rhet.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.



#119485 01/10/2004 5:09 PM
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Great word. These are used quite often in jokes or puns.

Example:

Your argument is sound, nothing but sound.



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