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Simile
Pronunciation : Simi"*le
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L., from similis. See Similar.] (Rhet.)
Definition : Defn: A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak.
pl. Similes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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