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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chiasmus \Chi*as"mus\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? a placing crosswise, fr ?. See {Chiasm}.] (Rhet.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. --Dwight. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chiasmus n : inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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