Rhet. [Gr. ἀναστροφή a turning back, f. ἀνά back + στρέφ-ειν to turn.] Inversion, or unusual arrangement, of the words or clauses of a sentence.
1577. H. Peacham, Gard. Eloq. (T.). Anastrophe, a preposterous order, or a backward setting of words, thus: All Italy about I went, which is contrary to plain order, I went about all Italy.
1785. Walker, Rhet. Gram. (T.). Anastrophe … by which we place last, and perhaps at a great distance from the beginning of the sentence, what, according to the common order, should have been placed first.
1871. in Pub. Sch. Lat. Gram., 446.
