remetaphorize

English

Etymology

re- +‎ metaphorize

Verb

remetaphorize (third-person singular simple present remetaphorizes, present participle remetaphorizing, simple past and past participle remetaphorized)

1. To change metaphors in a description.
   • 2000, Keith Whitlock, The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader‎^[1]:

     We might rephrase and remetaphorize the idea again and say that Lazaro presents himself as a lens through which he makes us view his situation, and that the lens composes the image of the situation as he would like us to see it.