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1. (noun) polyptoton
repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence
"My own heart's heart"

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1. (noun) polyptoton
a figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell."

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