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Webster 1913 Edition

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(ĕk′bȧ-sĭs)

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr.

ἔκβασισ

a going out, issue, or event;

ἐκ

out +

βαίνειν

to go.]

(Rhet.)

A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.

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(rhetoric) A figure in which the orator treats things according to their events or consequences.