antistrophe /an-tisˈtrə-fi/

1. The returning dance in Greek choruses, reversing the movement of the strophe (qv)
2. The stanza answering the strophe in the same metre
3. Repetition in reverse order (rhetoric)
4. Retortion of an argument (rhetoric)
5. An inverse relation

antistrophic /an-ti-strofˈik/ adjective

antistrophˈically adverb

antisˈtrophon noun (rhetoric)

An argument retorted on an opponent

strophe /strofˈi or strōˈfi/ (prosody)

1. (in a Greek play) the song sung by the chorus as it moved towards one side, answered by an exact counterpart, the anˈtistrophe, as it returned
2. Part of any ode answered in this way
3. (loosely) a stanza

strophˈic adjective

• resorbences
• resorbent
• resorbing
• resorbs
• resorcin
• resorcinol
• resorcins
• resorption
• resorptions
• resorptive
• resort
• resorted
• resorter
• resorters
• resorting
• resorts
• re-sound
• resound
• re-sounded
• resounded
• re-sounding
• resounding
• resoundingly
• re-sounds
• resounds