phasis
Americannoun
plural
phasesEtymology
Origin of phasis
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek phásis appearance, equivalent to pha- (base of phaínein to show) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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He had lived in all orders of society, had viewed every combination of Nature and of Art, and had observed man under every phasis of civilisation.
From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
And I rather think, in spite of his dog insinuations, neither Princess had heard of him till twenty years hence, in a very different phasis of his life!
From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 by Holcroft, Thomas
It is possible that Mrs. Cox, when she turned her pretty shoulder on Major Biffin, may herself have understood this phasis of human nature.
From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony
Emphasis, EMphasis; there must be some emphasis in order for there to be a phasis.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
It is the phasis of the Union as created by the Constitution.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
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