Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MET'A-PLASM
MET'A-PLASM, n. [Gr. μεταπλασμος, transformation; μετα, over, and πλασσω, to form.]
In grammar, a transmutation or change made in a word by transposing or retrenching a syllable or letter.
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