Definition of "enallage" [e•nal•la•ge]

• Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another. (noun)
• The substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule. (noun)
• An application of enallage. (noun)

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• "Mr. Payne complains of the obscurity of the original owing to abuse of the figure enallage; but I find them explicit enough, referring to some debauched elder after the type of Abu Nowas."
• "Ans. That huper pantos, “for every one,” is here used for huper pantōn, “for all,” by an enallage of the number, is by all acknowledged."
• "[FN#328] Here is the normal enallage of persons, "luh" = to him for "lí" = to me."