ENALLAGE


Meaning of ENALLAGE in English

/en al"euh jee/ , n. Rhet.

the use of one grammatical form in place of another, as the plural for the singular in the editorial use of we.

[ 1575-85; enallagé an interchange, deriv. from base of enalláttein to give in exchange; cf. EN- 2 , AGIO ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .