phasis
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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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And under what phasis does it protest against Rome?
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
It was a phasis of social life which Diana had hardly touched ever before.
From Diana by Warner, Susan
The enormous apparatus of literature at the present time is suitable only to a peculiar phasis and manner of existence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
This phasis of the affair would have been by far the preferable one; but the attorney and his client probably disagreed.
From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony
Diana's beauty at this time had taken a new phasis.
From Diana by Warner, Susan
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