单词 | auxesis |
释义 | auxesisn. Rhetoric. 1. Amplification: †(a) a gradual increase in intensity of meaning (obsolete); (b) hyperbole. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > hyperbole auxesis1577 overreacher1589 hyperboly1597 transcendence1625 hyperbole- society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > climax gradation1538 climax1572 auxesis1577 advancer1589 increment1753 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Niv Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 182 Auxesis, or the Auancer..as..He lost besides his children and his wife, His realme, ronowne, liege, libertie and life. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 55 Auxesis, when we increase or advance the signification of a speech. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Auxesis,..a Figure, when any thing is magnified too much. 2. Biology, Plant Physiology. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth monstruosity1402 monstrosity1555 accretion1615 misgrowth1648 monstruousness1653 miscreance1658 homonomya1682 agenesis1827 hypertrophy1834 auxesis1842 overgrowth1844 neoplasia1871 ingrowth1877 concrescence1878 accrementition1879 neogenesis1884 geomalism1885 giantism1885 geomaly1889 merisis1940 the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun] organogenesis1865 auxesis1900 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Auxesis, augmentation, increase. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 28/1 Auxesis, (1) dilatation or increase in the valves of Diatoms, etc.; (2) new formation of organs (Czapek); (3) predominance of leaves, hairs, etc., on a particular side (Pfeffer). 1903 A. J. Ewart tr. W. Pfeffer Physiol. Plants II. 73 The term ‘auxesis’ (photoauxesis) may be used to denote the predominant formation of leaves, roots, or hairs upon a particular side. 1940 Nature 9 Nov. 618/1 Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication. 1953 Faber Med. Dict. 53/1 Auxesis, increase in size by cell expansion without cell division. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1577 |
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