( n. )
A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?"
( n. )
A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?"
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012