metaphrand

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Synonyms: metaphrase, metaphrast, metaphrased

Antonyms: metaphrase, metaphrast, metaphrased

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Noun

1. The meaning or object referred to by a [[metaphor]]: thus being that meaning which goes beyond the metaphor's literal meaning; which, having been denoted by the [[metaphier]] word or phrase leads to an understood meaning through implicit similarity.

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