| metastasis | |
| me-tas'-ta-sis | from
Gk. meta, "beyond, over" and stasis, "a standing or placing" |
| transmotionem | |
| the flitting figure or remove | |
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Denying and turning back on your adversaries arguments used against you. | |
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And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. —1 Kings 18:17-18 |
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| Sources: | Aquil. 16 ("metastasin," "transmotionem"); Peacham (1577) T3r; Putt. (1589) 240 ("metastasis," "the flitting figure," "the remove") | |
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