CATACHRESIS

catachresis. Catachresis, [ch as k] n. the abuse of a trope

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Cat′a‐chre″sis (?), n. [[L. fr. Gr. � misuse, fr. � to misuse; κατά against + � to use.]] (Rhet.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, “To take arms against a sea of troubles”. Shak. “Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.” Young.