"Metalepsis" is a word in ENGLISH

metalepsis ENGLISH
Definition:

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.

Few words of positivity

The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.

Paul Theroux

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Laugh your heart out.

What do you get if you cross an insect and a dance ?A cricket ball !

a CEBUANO

-a() {1} a? x added to nouns forming words which refer to a specific one of several: Kanang isdáa, dílì …

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abbe ENGLISH

The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given …

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abir CEBUANO

abir {1} particle used in calling attention to a point in con-tention. Ang diyus makagagáhum. Abir, unsáun man nímu pagpangutána …

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Acte LAW AND LEGAL

In French law, denotes a docu* ment, or formal, solemn writing, embodying a legal attestation that something has been done, …

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Addicere LAW AND LEGAL

Lat In the civil law. To adjudge or condemn; to assign, allot, or deliver; to sell. In the Roman law, …

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address ENGLISH

To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, …

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adducent ENGLISH

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one …

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Ad Firmam LAW AND LEGAL

To farm. Derived from an old Saxon word denoting rent Ad flrmam noctis was a fine or penalty equal in …

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adonist ENGLISH

One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated \"Jehovah\" are really the vowel points of the word \"Adonai.\" …

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adopted ENGLISH

Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.

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Affiant LAW AND LEGAL

The person who makes and subscribes hn affidavit. The word ls used, in this sense, interchangeably with “deponent" But the …

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affix ENGLISH

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, …

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affix ENGLISH

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; …

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agreement ENGLISH

Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.

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ambiguity ENGLISH

The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its …

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an ENGLISH

This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …

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an CEBUANO

-an noun forming a? x. {1} forming nouns which refer to a place where s.t. is found, done, held, located. …

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anagram ENGLISH

Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or …

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analogue ENGLISH

A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin \"pater\" is the analogue …

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Annex LAW AND LEGAL

To add to; to unite; to attach one thing permanently to another. The word expresses the idea of joining a …

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