Definition of Catachrisis
Cat`a*chre"sis (?), n. [L. fr. Gr.
&?; misuse, fr. &?; to misuse; kata` against + &?; to
use.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one word is wrongly
put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true
signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles".
Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound."
Young.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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