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Webster 1913 Edition
Enallage
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E-nal′la-ge
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] an exchange, fr. [GREEK] to exchange; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] to change.]
(Gram.)
A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enallage
ENAL'LAGE
,Noun.
A figure, in grammar, by which some change is made in the common mode of speech, or when one word is substituted for another; as exercitus victor, for victoriousus; scelus, for scelestus.