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auxesis
noun 4
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4ADJ.
still
VERB + AUXESIS
distinguish
AUXESIS + NOUN
augmentation
PREP.
between
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noun
1
A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede.
2
A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
3
Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
Auxesis, augmentation, increase.
Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication.
4
The condition of being auxetic
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Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede.
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Auxesis, augmentation, increase.
Wiktionary03
Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication.
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