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Polyptoton
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, - "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell."
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Polyptoton'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/polyptoton.html. 1828.