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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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+ Gr. [GREEK] a name, fr. [GREEK] a name; or for E.

antonomasia

(Rhet.)

The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing;

as, “He has gone to

town

,” for, “He has gone to

London

.”