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Anthimeria
Anthimeria
(Greek: "one part for another") is the use of a word of one class as if it were a member of another, typically the use of a
noun
as a
verb
. Example: "I'll unhair thy head." (
Shakespeare
,
Antony and Cleopatra
, II, v.)
See also
figure of speech
verbing