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Play of words
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- 1 The ordering of words in a text, speech, etc., taking regard for both the individual words (their meanings, sounds, etc.) and the interplay between them. rhetoric
"1683, William Atwood, Three Letters to Dr. Sherlock Concerning Church-communion, Jonathan Robinson, page 16, Great is Diana of the Epheſians, and great is the uſe of the word Church, when good Crafts-maſters have the handling of it; and of all Men thoſe of Rome have ſucceeded beſt at this play of words."
- 2 Alternative form of play on words. alt-of, alternative
"1695, "P. H." (translator), "Pierre Boher", The Art of Knowing Ones Self: Or, a Diligent Search After the Springs of Morality, Part II, Richard Bentley, page 47, For to ſhew that all this is but a Play of Words, it muſt be ſuppoſed, that there are two ſorts of Love which one may have of God, a Love of Intereſt, and a Love of pure Amity, as the Theologians call it."
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