SIMILE
\sˈɪmɪlˌɪ], \sˈɪmɪlˌɪ], \s_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_l_ˌɪ]\
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A figure of speech in which two different things having some accidental likeness are compared by the use of such words, as like, so, etc.; as, the girl is like a flower.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Something similar: similitude: (rhet.) a comparison to illustrate anything.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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