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Definition of Epitasis
1. n. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.
Definition of Epitasis
1. Noun. (context: ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins. ¹
2. Noun. (rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epitasis
1. the main part of a classical drama [n -ASES]
Medical Definition of Epitasis
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1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; opposed to protasis.
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