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synecdochical (encz) | synecdochical, adj: |
Synecdochical (gcide) | Synecdochical \Syn`ec*doch"ic*al\, a.
Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
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Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of
speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for
another. --Drayton.
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synecdochical (wn) | synecdochical
adj 1: using the name of a part for that of the whole or the
whole for the part; or the special for the general or the
general for the special; or the material for the thing
made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for
`ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a
synecdochic figure of speech" [syn: synecdochic,
synecdochical] |
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synecdochical (encz) | synecdochical, adj: |
Synecdochically (gcide) | Synecdochically \Syn`ec*doch"ic*al*ly\, adv.
By synecdoche.
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synecdochical (wn) | synecdochical
adj 1: using the name of a part for that of the whole or the
whole for the part; or the special for the general or the
general for the special; or the material for the thing
made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for
`ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a
synecdochic figure of speech" [syn: synecdochic,
synecdochical] |
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