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A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.

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  1. n. A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
  2. A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
  3. A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted inexpression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
  4. n. A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.