metabasis (plural metabases)
(rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
(pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.
• miss a beat
Source: Wiktionary
Me*tab"a*sis, n.; pl. Metabases. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Rhet.)
Definition: A transition from one subject to another.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Same as Metabola.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
