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epitasis definition

epita·sis (ē pit′ə sis)

noun

that part of a play, esp. in classical drama, between the protasis, or exposition, and the catastrophe or denouement

Etymology: ModL < Gr, a stretching, intensity < epiteinein, to stretch, intensify < epi-, epi- + teinein, to stretch: see thin

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