metaphor, metaphore

[Fr. métaphore, from Lat. metaphor a, from Gr. metaphor a =a transferring of a word from its proper signification to another, from metapherō =to transfer, to carry over: meta over, beyond, and phero to bear, to carry; Sp. & Ital. meta for a.] Rhetoric: A figure of speech by which a word is transferred from an object to which it properly belongs to another, in such a manner that a comparison is implied though not formally expre ed; a simile without any word implying comparison; a short simile. Thus, "That man is a fox," is a metaphor; but "That man is like a fox," is a simile. "He bridles his temper," is a metaphor, expre ing that a man restrains or controls his temper, as a bridle serves to restrain or control a horse. "Analogies are used in aid of conviction; metaphors as means of illustration." -Cole ridge: Aids to Reflection (1839), p. 149. met-a-phor-ic, met-a-phor-ic-al, adj . [Fr. métaphorique , from Gr. metaphor i kos , from meta phora =a metaphor; Ital. & Sp. meta pho rico .] Pertaining to or of the nature of a metaphor; containing a metaphor; not literal; not to be understood lit erally. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia and Dogmatic) Theology. The Leibnitzo-Wolfian metaphysic is noteworthy for its rationalistic tend- ency. Its ontology treats of the existent in general; its rational psychology, of the soul as a simple non- extended substance; its cosmology, of the world as a whole; and its rational theology, of the existence and attributes of God. The Metaphysic of Kant was rationalist. Summarizing the remarks accom- panying his notice of the course for 1765, Wallace says: "In the course on Metaphysics the early lectures would deal with experiential Psychology, where, avoiding all mention of a soul, a reasoned account would be given of the facts or phenomena of the mental life. Going on next and thirdly to Cosmology, or theory of material to the theory of living bodies (the Biology of the period) world, he would come in the fourth place to Ontology, which expounds the general properties of things, and in- cludes rational Psychology (where the idea of soul or spirit is brought in), and would terminate with rational Theology." Kant , p. 131. *2. Supernatural arts. ( Cocker am . ) mě-tăph-y-sis, s . [Gr. meta , denoting change, and physis nature; phyo=to grow.] Change of form or character; transformation; metamorphosis. mět-a-plăşm, s. [Lat. metaplasm us , from Gr. metaplasmos , from metapla ō = to transform, to change: meta , denoting change, and pla ō = to form, to mold; Fr. métaplasme ; Ital. & Sp. meta- plasmo .] Gram.: change or transformation of a word by the addition, transposition, or taking away of a letter or syllable. mět-a-plăst, s . [METAPLASM.] A word the root of which takes on more than one form. mět-a-pôde, s . [ Gr.meta =behind; pous (gen it. podos)=foot.] Zool.: The posterior portion of the foot in the gastropod a and pteropod a. Zool .: Of or relating to the meta podial i a, or to the parts of the members to which they belong. met-a-po-di-ā-lē, s . [METAPODE.] Zool.: A metatarsal or metacarpal bone. mět-a-po-di-ŭm, s. [Pref. meta- , and Greek IMG:content-1158.png:[blocks in formation] pterygion = a fin.] The hindmost of the three larger basal cartilages in the fins of fishes. met-ap-ter-y-goid, s. [Pref. meta-, and Eng. pterygoid (q. v.).]. IMG:content-1159.png:[blocks in formation] "There is no known marsupial which has not far more widely departed from the Metatherian type." - Proc. Zool. Soc ., 1880, p. 657. B. As subst.: Any individual of the group Meta. theria (q. v.).