(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:53:18

Tra*la"tion (?), n. [L. tralatio, translatio.See Translation.]

The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; a metaphor; a trope.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

 

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