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Enallage : (noun)
1: a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or
tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I')
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Enallage : \E*nal"la*ge\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an exchange, fr. ? to
exchange; ? in _ ? to change.] (Gram.)
A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one
gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the
same word, for another.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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