n. [ L. fr. Gr. &unr_; misuse, fr. &unr_; to misuse; kata` against + &unr_; to use. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, “To take arms against a sea of troubles”. Shak. “Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.” Young. [ 1913 Webster ]