Substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

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n. substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

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Metalepsis \Met`a*lep"sis\, n.; pl. Metalepses . [L., fr. Gr. ? participation, alteration, fr. ? to partake, to take in exchange; ? beyond + ? to take.] (Rhet.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union ...

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n. (context rhetoric English) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.

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Metalepsis (from ) is a figure of speech in which a word or a phrase from figurative speech is used in a new context.