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remetaphorize

remetaphorize verb: to change metaphors in a description.

Verb

remetaphorize (third-person singular simple present remetaphorizes, present participle remetaphorizing, simple past and past participle remetaphorized)

  1. To change metaphors in a description.
    • We might rephrase and remetaphorize the idea again and say that Lazaro presents himself as a lens through which he makes us view his situation, and that the lens composes the image of the situation as he would like us to see it.2000, Keith Whitlock, The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader

Forms of remetaphorize

third-person singular presentremetaphorizes
present participleremetaphorizing
past participleremetaphorized
pastremetaphorized

Origin of remetaphorize

From re- + metaphorize.

Questions about remetaphorize

What does remetaphorize mean?
Remetaphorize means to change metaphors in a description.
What part of speech is remetaphorize?
Remetaphorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of remetaphorize?
The past tense of remetaphorize is remetaphorized.

Words near remetaphorize in the dictionary

  1. remetaled
  2. remetaling
  3. remetalled
  4. remetalling
  5. remetals
  6. remetaphorize
  7. remetaphorized
  8. remetaphorizes
  9. remetaphorizing
  10. Remetea
  11. Remetea Chioarului

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