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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Auxesis \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: auxesis n : growth from increase in cell size without cell division
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