"Anastrophe" is a word in ENGLISH
An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed
the hills, for, the hills echoed.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss. After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer." The student received an "A" on the exam. A Boston brokerage house advertised for a "young Harvard graduate or the equivalent." Among the inquiries received was one from a Yale grad. He said, "Do you mean two Princeton men, or a Yale man part time?"
A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, \"echoed the hills\" for \"the hills …
Read the complete definitionTo echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.
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