Of speech: Based on, or involving the use of, figures or metaphors; metaphorical, not literal.

= figurative, adj. 1 4 Cf. figura, n.

That has been translated (in various senses of the verb); esp. (of a word, text, etc.) converted into another language.

= figurative, adj. 4. Obsolete.

= tropical, adj. 3.

Not literal, figurative; used metaphorically; of the nature of metaphor; characterized by the use of metaphor.

Relating to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes (trope, n. 1); metaphorical, figurative.

= tropical, adj. 3.

Translated from one language to another.

Of or relating to allusion (in various senses); allusive.

Involving transference of meaning; metaphorical, figurative. Obsolete.

Symbolic, metaphorical, figurative. Obsolete.

= metaphorical, adj.

Characterized by transumption; metaphorical.

Effecting transference; in reference to sense: tropical, figurative.

Of words and phrases: transferred in meaning; metaphorical; figurative. Obsolete.

= analogical, adj. (in various senses).

Characterized by transference; esp. of words or phrases, metaphorical, figurative.

Of or relating to parabola (parabola, n. 2) or simile; figurative, metaphorical. Now rare.

= tropological, adj. (in both senses).

Of a word: transferred or extended in its use; used in a context with which it is not primarily or originally associated. rare.

conveyed from one person, place, sense, etc. to another. transferred epithet, an epithet grammatically qualifying a noun other than (though…