auxesis

American  

[awg-zee-sis, awk-see-] / ɔgˈzi sɪs, ɔkˈsi- /

noun

Biology.

1. growth, especially that resulting from an increase in cell size.

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auxesis British  

/ ɔːɡˈziːsɪs, ɔːkˈsiː- /

noun

1. growth in animal or plant tissues resulting from an increase in cell size without cell division

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Etymology

Origin of auxesis

1570–80; < Greek: increase, equivalent to auxē- verbid stem of aúxein to increase + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

Figures of auxesis and repetition—often pulling together words or themes from earlier in the speech—commonly proliferate in the peroration, and many orators will crank it up a little in the direction of the grand style.

From Literature

Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.

From Project Gutenberg

Auxesis, awk-sē′sis, n. gradual deepening in force of meaning: hyperbole.

From Project Gutenberg

And as to Horace, that Nil molitur inepte, in one Place, and——Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus, in another, must be regarded as Hyperboles; the one as an Auxesis, the other as a Mei�sis.

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