Part 7002

<hw>Met`a*pec"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and occurring in overripe fruits.</def>

<h1>Metapeptone</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met`a*pep"tone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>meta-</ets> + <ets>peptone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter.</def>

<h1>Metaphor</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met"a*phor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82taphore</ets>, L. <ets>metaphora</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to carry over, transfer; <grk>meta`</grk> beyond, over + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bring, bear.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; <it>e. g.</it>, the ship plows the sea.</def> <i>Abbott & Seeley</i>. "All the world's a stage."

<i>Shak.</i>

<note>&hand; The statement, "that man is a fox," is a metaphor; but "that man is like a fox," is a simile, similitude, or comparison.</note>

<h1>Metaphoric, Metaphorical</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw><hw>Met`a*phor"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Met`a*phor"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>m\'82taphorique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; <as>as, a <ex>metaphorical</ex> expression; a <ex>metaphorical</ex> sense.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Metaphorist</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met"a*phor*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes metaphors.</def>

<h1>Metaphosphate</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met`a*phos"phate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of metaphosphoric acid.</def>

<h1>Metaphosphoric</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met`a*phos*phor"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>meta-</ets> + <ets>phosphoric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, <chform>HPO3</chform>, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called <i>glacial phosphoric acid</i>.</def>

<h1>Metaphrase</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met"a*phrase</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>meta`frasis</grk>, from <grk>metafrazein</grk> to paraphrase; <grk>meta`</grk> beyond, over + <grk>fra`zein</grk> to speak: cf. F. <ets>m\'82taphrase</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to <i>paraphrase</i>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An answering phrase; repartee.</def>

<i>Mrs. Browning.</i>

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<h1>Metaphrased</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met"a*phrased</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Translated literally.</def>

<h1>Metaphrasis</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me*taph"ra*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Metaphrase</er>.]</ety> <def>Metaphrase.</def>

<h1>Metaphrast</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met"a*phrast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>m\'82taphraste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A literal translator.</def>

<h1>Metaphrastic, Metaphrastical</h1> <Xpage=918>