Auxesis Definition
ôg-zēsĭs, ôk-sē-
noun
The process of cell growth caused by the increase of cell volume prior to cell division.
Webster's New World
Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.
American Heritage Medicine
(rhetoric) Extreme hyperbole.
Wiktionary
(rhetoric) Arranging words or clauses in a sequence of increasing force.
Wiktionary
(rhetoric) Amplification in any form.
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Other Word Forms of Auxesis
Noun
Singular:
auxesis
Plural:
auxesesOrigin of Auxesis
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Greek auxēsis growth from auxanein auxē- to grow aug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek αὐξάνειν (auxanein, “to grow”).
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