In rhetoric, a figure of speech where the last word of one clause becomes the first word of the next clause.
From Greek 'epiploce' (a linking or weaving together), from 'ploke' (a weaving), describing the interlocking structure of words.
Epiploce is what Shakespeare used in 'We shape our buildings, and then our buildings shape us'—the word 'shape' echoes brilliantly between clauses.
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