D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

anaphora

/(ȧ*năf"ō̇*rȧ)/ · a·naph·o·ra · IPA /ˌænəˈfɔɹə/
01 n. A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
  1. 1.
    A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.(Rhet.)
  2. 2.
    The use of a substitute word, such as a pronoun, in reference to a something already mentioned in a discourse; also, the relation between the substitute word and its antecedent. It is contrasted with cataphora, the use of a pronoun for a word or topic not yet mentioned.