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Another Trope which is called Metalepsis, signifying a different thing by a synonym (O. xv.
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I want to second Metalepsis in appreciating your review.
The Last Gasp of Inerrancy James F. McGrath 2009
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Thus is spoken by the figure of farre-set _Metalepsis_.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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But the sence is much altered & the hearers conceit strangly entangled by the figure _Metalepsis_, which I call the farset, as when we had rather fetch a word a great way off then to vse one nerer hand to expresse the matter aswel & plainer.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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[75] It is the figure Metalepsis (see Figures of Speech, page 611), by which
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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But the sence is much altered & the hearers conceit strangly entangled by the figure Metalepsis, which I call the farfet, as when we had rather fetch a word a great way off then to vse one nerer hand to expresse the matter aswel & plainer.
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