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Definition of Metalepses

Metalepses
Metalepsis Met`a*lep"sis, n.; pl. Metalepses. [L., fr. Gr. ? participation, alteration, fr. ? to partake, to take in exchange; ? beyond + ? to take.] (Rhet.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.

Meaning of Metalepses from wikipedia

- 2: La relation esthétique, 1997. Figures IV, 1999. Figures V, 2002. Métalepse: De la figure à la fiction, 2004. Bardadrac, 2006. Discours du récit,...
- Criticism, ed. by Jan Christoph Meister., De Gruyter Genette, Gérard (2004). Métalepse. De la figure à la fiction. Paris: Seuil. ****konen, Karin and Klimek,...