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Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

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  1. a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
  2. adj. using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it
  3. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton.
  4. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by apoetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton.
  5. a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.