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Webster 1913 Edition

Tralation

Tra-la′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

tralatio

,

translatio

.See

.]

The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tralation

TRALA'TION

,

Noun.

[from L. translatio.] A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less proper, but more significant sense.