| Figure Name | heterosis |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("heterosis; or, exchange of accidence") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | exchange of accidence |
| Etymology | Gr. heteros "another," "different" |
| Type | None |
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| Definition |
1. Exchange of one Voice, Mood, Tense, Person, Number, Degree, or Gender, for another... [see Etymology] It is the name given to that form of Enallage which consists of an exchange, not of actual parts of speech, but of the accidence of a part of speech. The following are the various forms of Heterosis: - |
| Example |
1. Matt. 5:29. -"If thy right eye offend thee": (skandalize), "to make to stumble:" i.e., make thee stumble. So 18:6. 1 Cor. 8:13. (Bullinger, 518) |
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| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
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| Reviewed | No |