Metaphorical

met-a-for -e-kal, phor; comprising a metaphor; figurative. Metaphorically, met-a-for-ekal-le, ad. in a metaphorical manner. Metaphorical ne , met-à-for-e-kal-nes, s. the quality of being metaphorical. 1 meta, and phrase)., Metaphrastic, met-a-fras'-tik, a. literal in translation. analytic of pure being or thought; ontological.; Metaphysically, met-à-fiz'-e-kal-le, ad. in the manner of metaphysics. physics. to probe the inner secret, or logic, of thought or being, as the basis of and prior to that which is merely phenomenal and cognizable by the senses (Gr. meta, and physics). by alteration of a syllable or letter [Gram.] (Gr. meta, and pla o, to form.) disease or a flux [Med.] (Gr. meta, and stasis, position.) tarsus. tween the ankle and the toes (Gr. meta, and tarsos, the sole of the foot). the letters or syllables of a word [Gram.); removal of a morbific cause [Med.] (Gr. meta, and thesis, placing.) segment of the thorax (Entom.] (Gr. meta, and thorax.) and another [Arch.] (Gr. meta, and tome, cutting.) on condition of paying the proprietor a certain fixed share, usually one-half of the produce (Fr. from L. medius the middle) (A.S. met an) given by the lord of the manor as a reward for labour. physics]. (Gr. meta, beyond, and empiric.) of the soul after death from one animal body to pe ary to prevent the new moon from happening a aday toolate or the suppre ion of the bi extile once in 134 years (Gr. mat a, en, on, and ptosis, falling). ference and incorporation of the elements of one body into another (Gr. meta, en, in, and soma, a body). body shooting through the atmosphere; a shooting star: originally any atmospheric phenomenon, such as rain, rainbows, .; anything that transiently dazzles or astonishes (Gr. meteoros, soaring aloft, from meta, and agora, anything suspended). of meteors; formed in the atmosphere; like meteor. Meteoric iron iron as found in meteoric stones. Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars. meteorological phenomena (Gr. meteor, and grapho, to write). the atmosphere and its phenomena. orology. treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena (Gr. meteor, and logos, science). See Metre. and water (W. medd, mead, and llyn, liquor). think. arrangement; orderly arrangement; system; cla i-- fication (Gr. meta, and hodos, a way). Methodically, me-thod'-e-kal-le, ad. in a methodical manner.