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." [1913 Webster] With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. --Milton. [1913 Webster]