Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEU-TER-OS'CO-PY
DEU-TER-OP'A-THYDEUT-HY-DROG'U-RET, or DEU-TO-HY-DROG'U-RET
DEU-TER-OS'CO-PY, n. [Gr. δευτερος, second, and σκοπεω, to see.]
The second intention; the meaning beyond the literal sense.
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