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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
MET'ONYMY, n. [Gr. over, beyond, and name.] In rhetoric, a trope in which one word is put for another; a change of names which have some relation to each other; as when we say, "a man keeps a good table." instead of good provisions. "We read Virgil." that is, his poems or writings. "They have Moses and the prophets," that is, their books or writings. A man has a clear head, that is, understanding, intellect; a warm heart, that is affections.
A trope in which one word is put
for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good
table instead of good provisions; we read
Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm
heart, that is, warm affections.
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