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crasis |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crasis \Cra"sis\ (kr?"s?s), n. [LL., temperament, fr Gr ????, fr ???? to mix.] 1. (Med.) A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament. 2. (Gram.) A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; syn[ae]resis; as cogo for coago.
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