Ploce \Plo"ce\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? complication, fr. ? to entwine.] (Rhet.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, ``His wife's a wife indeed.'' --Bailey.
ploce n : (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning