ANTIMETABOLE

Etymology

Noun

antimetabole (countable and uncountable, plural antimetaboles)

(rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.

Source: Wiktionary


An`ti*me*tab"o*le, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BEAR

(verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; “She bears the title of Duchess”; “He held the governorship for almost a decade”


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