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Definition of Tropes
1. trope [n] - See also: trope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropes
Literary usage of Tropes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The origin of the tropes, that is to say of the Gradual tropes (since the Antiphonal
... In addition it contains thirteen Gloria tropes, but only two of the ..."
2. A Short System of Polite Learning: Being an Epitome of the Arts and Sciences by Daniel Jaudon (1835)
"Q. What do tropes or Figures of Speech denote ? A. tropes or Figures of Speech
... A. tropes or Figures greatly enliven, beautify, and enrich language, ..."
3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"The end of the Eighth book, and the beginning of the Ninth, deal with the subject —
the all too famous and long-studied subject—of tropes and Figures, ..."
4. The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study by Alexander Adam (1818)
"The former are properly called tropes ; and if thé word be changed, the figure
is lost. ... tropes take their rise partly from the barrenness of language, ..."
5. Adam's Latin Grammar: With Some Improvements, and the Following Additions by Alexander Adam, Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1832)
"The former are properly called tropes; and if the' word be changed, the figure
is lost. ... tropes take their rise partly from the barrenness of language, ..."
6. Manual of English Rhetoric by Andrew Dousa Hepburn (1875)
"tropes in general.—tropes form that class of figures in which there is the
substitution of one ... The use of tropes is only a particular manifestation of ..."
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