metaphier

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Synonyms: metaphor, metaphen

Antonyms: metaphor, metaphen

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Noun

1. The literal, familiar subject described in a [[metaphor]] by word or phrase, which then by analogic similitude implies the [[metaphrand]] to which the metaphor alludes.

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