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epitasis
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epitasis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a stretching, fr. to stretch upon or over; 'epi` upon + to stretch.].
- That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to
protasis . [1913 Webster] - The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
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