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protasis |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protasis \Prot"a*sis\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? to stretch before forward; ? before + ? to stretch.] 1. A proposition; a maxim. --Johnson. 2. (Gram.) The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to {apodosis}. See {Apodosis}. 3. The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like the introduction; opposed to {epitasis}. --B. Jonson
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