auxesis
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Is auxesis a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularlyExamples: "Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede."Antonyms: meiosiscountablerhetoricuncountable
2. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularlySynonyms: climaxcountableobsoleterhetoricuncountable
3. (biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.Examples: "Auxesis, augmentation, increase."; "Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication."countableuncountable
4. (chemistry) The condition of being auxeticcountableuncountable
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