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hyperbaton

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Noun
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hy=per=ba=ton

CIDE DICTIONARY

hyperbatonn. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. transposed, fr. to step over; "ype`r over + to step.].
     A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, “echoed the hills” for “the hills echoed.”  [1913 Webster]
    "With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hyperbaton, n. Rhet. the inversion of the normal order of words, esp. for the sake of emphasis (e.g. this I must see).

Etymology
L f. Gk huperbaton (as HYPER-, baino go)

ROGET THESAURUS

hyperbaton

Inversion

N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.


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