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‖ metalepsis Rhet.|mɛtəˈlɛpsɪs|
[a. L. metalēpsis, Gr. µετάληψις, n. of action to µεταλαµβάνειν to substitute, to change the sense of (words), f. µετα- meta- + λαµβάνειν to take.]
A rhetorical figure mentioned by Quintilian, consisting in the metonymical substitution of one word for another which is itself figurative. (In many English examples the use appears to be vague or incorrect.)
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 79 Metalepsis, or Transumptio, when by a certaine number of degrees we goe beyond that we intend in troth, and haue meaning to speake of, as to say Accursed soyle that bred my cause of woe. 1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 3 Metalepsis, which is when divers Tropes are shut up in one word: as, 2 King. 2. 9. I pray thee let me have a double portion of thy spirit. 1783Blair Rhet. xiv. (1812) I. 339 When the Trope is founded on the relation between an antecedent and a consequent, or what goes before, and immediately follows, it is then called a Metalepsis. |