Definition for MET-A-PHOR'IC, or MET-A-PHOR'IC-AL

MET-A-PHOR'IC, or MET-A-PHOR'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; as, a metaphorical use of words; a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.

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