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Meaning of homeosis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
    archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français homéose
Русский гомео́зис

Examples

“Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; / Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate: / For though the thesis which thou lay'st / Be true, ad amussim, as thou say'st; / For that bear-baiting should appear, / Jure divino, lawfuller / Than synods are, thou dost deny / Totidem verbis; so do I: / Yet there's a fallacy in this; / For if by sly homœosis, / Thou wouldst sophistically imply / Both are unlawful, I deny.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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