(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:58:48

Aux*e"sis (?), n. [NL., Gr. increase, fr. , , to increase.] Rhet.

A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

 

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