epiphora Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
    epistrophe.

WordNet

E*piph"o*ra noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , fr. to bring to or upon; + to bring.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
  2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.

Webster 1913