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remetaphorizing

remetaphorizing is the present participle and gerund of remetaphorize.

Meaning of remetaphorize

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

Questions about remetaphorizing

What is remetaphorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Remetaphorizing is the present participle and gerund of remetaphorize.

Words near remetaphorizing in the dictionary

  1. remetalling
  2. remetals
  3. remetaphorize
  4. remetaphorized
  5. remetaphorizes
  6. remetaphorizing
  7. Remetea
  8. Remetea Chioarului
  9. remethylatable
  10. remethylate
  11. remethylated

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