EPITASIS

epitasis (countable and uncountable, plural epitases)

(ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.

(rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.

(obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.

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Source: Wiktionary

E*pit"a*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.

2. (Med.)

Definition: The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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