English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Trope
Trope
(n.)
The use of a word or expression in a different sense from
that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as
changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of
giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.
Trope
(n.)
The word or expression so used.