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1.12
Thus, by the figure known as abuse, or catachresis. See viii. ii. 5 and vi. 34. we call all those who commit a murder with any weapon whatsoever sicarii (poniarders). In other cases we express our meaning periphrastically, as, for instance, when Virgil Ecl. i. 81. describes cheese as Abundance of pressed milk. On the other hand, in a number of instances we employ figures See i. viii. 16; ix. i. 11. and substitute one expression for another. Instead of I know, we say I am not ignorant, or the fact does not escape me, or I have not forgotten, or who does not know? or it can be doubted by none.
1.13
But we may also borrow from a word of cognate meaning. For I understand, or I feel or I see are often equivalent to I know. Reading will provide us with a rich store of expressions such as these, and will enable us not merely to use them when they occur to us, but also in the appropriate manner. For they are not always interchangeable:
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for example, though I may be perfectly correct in saying, I see for I understand, it does not follow that I can say I understand for my eyes have seen, and though mucro may be employed to describe a sword, a sword does not necessarily mean the same as mucro (point).
