||Ep`i*zeux"is (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; a fastening together, repetition, fr. &?; to fasten to or upon; 'epi` upon + &?; to join, yoke.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -

Alone, alone, all all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea.