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Transumptive :: Transumptive (a.) Taking from one to another; metaphorical.

Entangle :: Entangle (v. t.) To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers..

Met- :: Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..

Metaphorical :: Metaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense..

Hackney :: Hackney (v. t.) To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation..

Metanotum :: Metanotum (n.) The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.

Metaphorist :: Metaphorist (n.) One who makes metaphors.

Lamp :: Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp..

Syllepsis :: Syllepsis (n.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

Aftergrowth :: Aftergrowth (n.) A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development..

Tralatition :: Tralatition (n.) A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor..

Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..

Plethoric :: Plethoric (a.) Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically..

Tropically :: Tropically (adv.) In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.

Tralatitious :: Tralatitious (a.) Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.

Tropical :: Tropical (n.) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.

Image :: Image (n.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor..

Vinegar :: Vinegar (a.) Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically..

Figure :: Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

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