anabases

Variant of Anabasis

Anabasis definition

Anaba·sis (ə nab′ə sis)

noun

  1. the unsuccessful military expedition (401-400 ) of Cyrus the Younger to overthrow Artaxerxes II
  2. a book about this by Xenophon
  3. pl. anabases -·ses′ (-sēz′) any large military expedition

Etymology: Gr < anabainein, to go up < ana-, up + bainein, to go: see come

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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