CATAPHORIC


Meaning of CATAPHORIC in English

I. cata·phor·ic |kad.ə|fȯrik adjective

Etymology: Greek kataphorein to carry down, wash downstream (from kata- cata- + phorein to carry, freq. of pherein ) + English -ic

: of or relating to cataphoresis

II. cat·a·phor·ic ¦kad.ə¦fȯrik adjective

: of or relating to cataphora ; especially : being a word or phrase (as a pronoun) that takes its reference from a following word or phrase (as her in “before her Jane saw nothing but desert”) — compare anaphoric in the Dict

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