Hyperbaton

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyperbaton \Hy*per"ba*ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? transposed,
     fr. ? to step over; "ype`r over + ? to step.] (Gram.)
     A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural
     order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the
     hills echoed."
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           With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text.
                                                    --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hyperbaton
       n : reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')