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Meaning of 'metalepsis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Metalepsis [ 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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met met- meta- metabases metabasis metabola metabole metabolia metabolian metabolic

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