Meaning of ENALLAGE
| Pronunciation: | | en'alujee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') |
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| | See Also: | | rhetorical device | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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