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Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure..

Bear :: Bear (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person..

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

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

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

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

Procrustes :: Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes..

Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Figurative; metaphorical.

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

Literal :: Literal (a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase..

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..

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

Grass :: Grass (n.) Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources..

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

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

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..

Translatitious :: Translatitious (a.) Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic..

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

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