Hyperbaton

hl-per'ba-ton, n. rhctP a figure by which words are transposed from their natural order. [Gi. a ‘transposition,’ from kyperbamd — hyper, beyond, and baitio, to go.] Hyperbola, ni-per'bo-la, geom.) one of the conic sections or curves formed when the intersecting plane makes a greater angle with the mflte; mfite; mOOn; then. 252 IMG:page-252.webp:Page 252 Hyperbole base than the side of the cone makes.— ndjs. Hyperbolic, Hyperbol'leal —adv. Hyperbol » throwing beyond’- Or. — kyperboie, from hyperballH hyper, beyond, laUd, to throw. Hyperbole, hT-per'bo-le, «. a rhetorical figure which produces a vivid impre ion by representing things as much greater or le than they reaily are: an exaggeration.— Hyperbol'lo, Hyperbolical —adv. Hyperbol'ically A doublet of the above.] Hyperbolise, hT-per'boI-Tz, &./. to represent hyperboIically.-~z'.i. to speak hypcrbohcally or with exaggeration.—/ Hyper'bolism. Hyperborean, hT-per-bO're-an, ad/, belonging to tne extreme north —«. an inhabitant of the ex- — treme north. [Gr. hyperboreos hyficr beyond, and Boreas, the north wind.J Hypercritic, hl-per-kntik, «, one who is overcritical.—adjs Hypercnt'ic, Hypercnt'ical. over-critical --ativ Hypercnt ically a. Hypercrit'icism. [Gr hyper, over, ami Critic.]