Mēt'o-nŷm'ie or Mēt'o-nŷm'ie-al1, a.
a. [See METONYMY.] Used by way of metonymy, by putting one word for another.
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Metonymy
Me-tōn'y-my or Mēt'o-nym'y2, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [Gr. μετωνυμία, from μετά, indicating change, and ὄνομα, name; Fr. métonymie, It. & Sp. metonimia, Pr. methonomia.] (Rhet.) A trope in which one word is put for another; a change of names which have some relation to each other; as when we say, a man keeps a good table, instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems or writings; “they have Moses and the prophets,” that is, their books or writings; a man has a clear head, that is, understanding, intellect; a warm heart, that is, affections.