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Metalepsis

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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Metalepsis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/metalepsis.html. 1828.
 
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