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Webster 1913 Edition
Auxesis
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Aux-e′sis
,Noun.
[NL., Gr. [GREEK] increase, fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], to increase.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Auxesis
AUXE'SIS
,Noun.
In rhetoric, a figure by which any thing is magnified too much; an increasing, or exornation, when, for amplification, a more grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word.