EPITASIS

Meaning of EPITASIS in English

[epit.a.sis] n, pl -a.ses [Gk, increased intensity, fr. epiteinein to stretch tighter, fr. epi- + teinein to stretch--more at thin] (1589): the part of a play developing the main action and leading to the catastrophe

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EPITASIS — noun (plural epitases) see: thin Date: 1583 the part of a play developing the main action and leading to the …
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EPITASIS — ə̇11 pid.əsə̇s noun ( plural epita·ses -əˌsēz) Etymology: Greek, literally, stretching, increase in intensity, from epiteinein to stretch upon, stretch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPITASIS — (n.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
Английский словарь Webster
EPITASIS — (n.) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the …
Английский словарь Webster
EPITASIS — ( n. ) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EPITASIS — ( n. ) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EPITASIS — /i pit"euh sis/ , n. , pl. epitases /-seez'/ . the part of an ancient drama, following the protasis, in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EPITASIS — noun ( plural epit·a·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: Greek, increased intensity, from epiteinein to stretch tighter, from epi- + teinein to stretch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EPITASIS — noun the period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. 2. epitasis ·noun that part which embraces the main …
Webster English vocab
EPITASIS — Pronunciation: i- ' pi-t ə -s ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -a · ses \ - ˌ s …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PROTASIS — ˈpräd.əsə̇s noun ( plural prota·ses -əˌsēz) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, from proteinein stretch out before, put forward, from pro- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CATASTASIS — kəˈtastəsə̇s noun ( plural catasta·ses -əˌsēz) Etymology: Greek katastasis settlement, establishment, from kathistanai to set in order, from kata- cata- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROTASIS — (n.) The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis.
Английский словарь Webster
PROTASIS — ( n. ) The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PROTASIS — /prot"euh sis/ , n. , pl. protases /-seez'/ . 1. the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATASTROPHE — — catastrophic /kat'euh strof"ik/ , catastrophical, catastrophal , adj. — catastrophically , adv. /keuh tas"treuh fee/ , n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATASTASIS — /keuh tas"teuh sis/ , n. , pl. catastases /-seez'/ . the part of a drama, preceding the catastrophe, in which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PROTASIS — noun a proposition; a maxim. 2. protasis ·noun the first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; …
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THROES — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, ache, aching, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute pain, …
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STROKE — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abuse, access, accomplished fact, accomplishment, ache, achievement, aching, act, …
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SPASM — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abscess, access, ache, aching, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute …
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SEXUAL CLIMAX — Synonyms and related words : access, act of love, adultery, aphrodisia, apoplexy, ass, attack, balling, carnal knowledge, climax, cohabitation, coition, …
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SEIZURE — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abduction, abscess, access, accession, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute …
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PAROXYSM — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute pain, affect epilepsy, …
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ORGASM — Synonyms and related words : abandon, access, act of love, adultery, aphrodisia, apoplexy, ass, attack, balling, carnal knowledge, climax, cohabitation, …
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ICTUS — Synonyms and related words : Alexandrine, Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, accent, accentuation, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect …
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GRIP — Synonyms and related words : abduct, ability, absorb, absorb the attention, access, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, address, adeptness, adhere to, …
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FIT — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, a propos, abdominal epilepsy, able, acceptable, access, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, …
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FALLING SICKNESS — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, MS, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic …
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EPILEPSY — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, MS, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic …
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ECLAMPSIA — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, …
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CRAMP — Synonyms and related words : Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abate, abbreviate, abdominal epilepsy, access, ache, aching, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, …
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