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{ Met`a*phor"ic (?), Met`a*phor"ic*al (?), }
a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. métaphorique.]
Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
a metaphorical sense. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly,
adv. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness,
n.

Met"a*phor*ist (?), n. One who
makes metaphors.

Met`a*phos"phate (?), n. (Chem.)
A salt of metaphosphoric acid.

Met`a*phos*phor"ic (?), a. [Pref.
meta- + phosphoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO₃, analogous to
nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a
crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric
acid.

Met"a*phrase (m&ebreve;t"&adot;*frāz),
n. [Gr. meta`frasis, from
metafra`zein to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over
+ fra`zein to speak: cf. F. métaphrase.


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