n. A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.”
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In rhetoric, repetition of a word one or more times in close succession; especially, such repetition with a change of meaning or application: as, a man should be a man.
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n. (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
Word Usage
"This figure is known to the rhetoricians as anadiplosis, or the beginning of a phrase with the final words of the previous phrase; it is also ploce, the insistent repetition of a word within the same line or phrase."