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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hyperbaton
    n 1: reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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."
   [1913 Webster]

         With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text.
                                                  --Milton.
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