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Definition of Hypallage
1. Noun. Reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in 'her beauty's face').
Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device
Definition of Hypallage
1. n. A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to others. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.
Definition of Hypallage
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