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Webster 1913 Edition
Hyperbaton
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Hy-per′ba-ton
(hī-pẽr′bȧ-tŏn)
, Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
ὑπέρβατον
, fr. ὑπερβατόσ
transposed, fr. ὑπερβαίνειν
to step over; ὑπέρ
over + βαίνειν
to step.] (Gram.)
A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses;
as, “echoed the hills” for “the hills echoed
.” With a violent
hyperbaton
to transpose the text. Milton.