Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Anastrophe · A·nas·tro·phe · IPA /əˈnæstɹəfi/ 01 n. An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed. 1. An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.(Rhet. & Gram.)