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metáfora
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metaphor . ( Of the lat. )( metaphora, and this of the Gr. µetaf?, translation). 1. f. Ret. Trope that is to move the straight sense of voices to another appeared, by virtue of a tacit comparison; e.g. pearls of dew. The spring of life. Restrain the passions. 2. f. application of a word or an expression to an object or a concept, which does not denotes literally, to suggest a comparison (with another object or concept) and to facilitate their understanding; e.g., the atom is a solar in miniature. metaphor continued. 1. f. Ret. Allegory in which a few words are taken in straight sense and other figuratively.




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