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Metalepsis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Metalepsis : (noun)
1: substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Metalepsis : \Met`a*lep"sis\, n.; pl. Metalepses. [L., fr. Gr. ?
participation, alteration, fr. ? to partake, to take in
exchange; ? beyond _ ? to take.] (Rhet.)
The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession
of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a
different kind in one word.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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