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Definition of: epitasis
(i·pit′ə·sis) noun
In Greek drama, the main action of a play, wherein the plot develops, leading on to the catastrophe: opposed to protasis. [<NL <Gk., an intensifying <epiteinein intensify <epi- in addition + teinein stretch]
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