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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyperbaton \Hy*per"ba*ton\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? transposed, fr ? to step over "ype`r over + ? to step.] (Gram.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as ``echoed the hills'' for ``the hills echoed.'' With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hyperbaton n : reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
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