- 1. n. A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed." Source: opted
- 2. n. word/reversal">reversal of word/normal">normal word order (as in ‘cheese I love’) Source: wordnet
- 3. A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed." With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton. Source: webster
- 4. A figurative construction, changing or inverting the naturalorder of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hillsechoed."With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton. Source: adambom
- 5. n word/reversal">reversal of word/normal">normal word order (as in `cheese I love') Source: ecdict
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