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Definition of Metathetically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metathetically
Literary usage of Metathetically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"The reason is that Allah (UK) is metathetically related (in the loosest sense to
the word) to Hilal (hll), meaning "the crescent-moon. ..."
2. Sissano: Movements of Migration Within and Through Melanesia by William Churchill (1916)
"This appears metathetically in Rotuma uas, is found in 1-6, possibly in 7, and
again in 19-22 and 24-25. The mutation to shis found indisputably in 12 and ..."
3. The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower, Joseph Kumler Breitenbecher (1918)
"... of individual agents or the groups of agents that are capable of being
dissociated and metathetically redistributed between the gametic systems present. ..."
4. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"For, in these last three quotations, is evidently metathetically for fro, now in
common use. FOR-AU, Notwithstanding. ..."
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