Trope
51trope — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. metaphor, figure of speech, analogy; see comParison 2 , simile …
52Trope — Tro|pe 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n; Rhet.; Stilistik〉 bildl. Ausdruck, poet. Wendung, poet. Bild; oV [Etym.: <grch. tropos »Drehung, Wendung«] …
53trope — see TROUBADOUR trophy 518 …
54trope — trəʊp n. figure of speech, any rhetorical device in which words are used not in accordance with their literal meaning; phrase interpolated into a text for purposes of emphasis (Literature) …
55trope — n. Figure of speech …
56trope — noun (C) technical a figure of speech …
57Trope — a short series of words added as an embellishment to the text of the mass or divine office, to be sung by the choir …
58trope — [[t]troʊp[/t]] n. 1) rht a) any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense b) an instance of this 2) rel a phrase, sentence, or verse formerly… …
59-trope — a word element referring to turning, as in heliotrope. {Greek combining form tropos} …
60trope — /troʊp / (say trohp) noun 1. Rhetoric a. → figure of speech. b. a word or phrase so used. 2. a phrase, sentence, or verse formerly interpolated in a liturgical text to amplify or embellish. {Latin tropus figure in rhetoric, from Greek tropos… …
