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See also:METONYMY (Gr. µerwvvµia, See also:change of name, from µEra denoting change, and avo.ia, name) , a figure of speech, in which the name of one thing is changed for that of another, to which it is related by association of ideas, as having See also:close relationship to one another . Thus " See also:sceptre," "'See also:throne," " See also:crown," are used for royal See also:power or authority, " See also:hearth and See also:home " is used for " See also:country," &c . " Synecdoche " (Gr . Qvveichoxi, from ouveai3ixeo-See also:Oat, to join in receiving) is a rhetorical figure similar to See also:metonymy, in which the See also:part is used for the whole or See also:vice versa, thus " hands " is used for the members of the See also:crew of a See also:vessel; a See also:regiment of See also:infantry is said to number so many " bayonets," &c . |
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