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HYPERBATON (Gr. in4p1arov, a stepping over)

HYPERBATON (Gr. in4p1arov, a stepping over) , the name of a figure of speech, consisting of a transposition of words from their natural See also:

order, such as the placing of the See also:

OBJECT

object before instead of after the verb . It is a See also:

COMMON

common method of securing emphasis .

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