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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

remetaphorize en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + metaphorize.

Meanings

  1. To change metaphors in a description.
    • We might rephrase and remetaphorize the idea again and say that Lazaro presents himself as a lens through which he makes us view his situation, and that the lens composes the image of the situation as he would like us to see it. 2000, Keith Whitlock, The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader:

Forms

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remetaphorizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remetaphorizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
remetaphorized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remetaphorized Tense=Past lexicographic