phasis
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Etymology
Origin of phasis
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek phásis appearance, equivalent to pha- (base of phaínein to show) + -sis -sis
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They place the man altogether in a new phasis.
From The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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
When two ages are in the same phasis, they will excite the same humours, and produce the same coincidences and combinations.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
And under what phasis does it protest against Rome?
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
Without doubt, criticism, founded as an art empirical, tends continually to its second phasis, of a science grounding an art.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
Both incidents took place during the cross-country phases of the competitions.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Today, high-growth companies remain private for much longer—often well over a decade—locking the public out of key, wealth-creation phases of their growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Construction will be completed in phases over about a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Researchers describe three phases: the “go-go” years when you’re active and traveling, the “slow-go” years roughly from ages 70 to 84, and the “no-go” years shaped by health and end-of-life care.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The last phases of the expansion, during the millennium after A.D.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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