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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Metaphoric  \Met`a*phor"ic\,  Metaphorical  \Met`a*phor"ic*al\,  a. 
  [Gr.  ?:  cf  F.  m['e]taphorique.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  metaphor;  comprising  a  metaphor;  not 
  literal;  figurative;  tropical;  as  a  metaphorical  expression; 
  a  metaphorical  sense  --  {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  metaphoric 
  adj  :  expressing  one  thing  in  terms  normally  denoting  another;  "a 
  metaphorical  expression";  "metaphoric  language"  [syn:  {metaphorical}] 




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