ANTISTROPHE


Meaning of ANTISTROPHE in English

noun the retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

2. antistrophe ·noun the repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

3. antistrophe ·noun in greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. hence: the lines of this part of the choral song.

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