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(ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins. / (rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.

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epitasis

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epitasis

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪˈpɪtəsɪs/

Noun

countable uncountable rhetoric obsolete

(ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins. / (rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.

Japanese Meaning

（古代劇）劇の第2部で、物語の展開が始まる部分 / （修辞学）既に述べられている内容を強調するために加えられる結論的な文

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In studying ancient drama, the scholar explained how the epitasis shifts the story from exposition to conflict.

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古代劇を研究する学者は、物語の展開が始まる劇の第二部が、序幕から対立へと物語を移行させることを説明した。

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(ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.

How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,—with the history of their campaigns, which were no way barren of events,—may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama.

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(rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.

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(obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.

epitases

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