What is the use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope. [Obs.] Bp. Hall called?
tralation — The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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