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Definition: ECPHASIS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An explicit declaration.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ecphasis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ecphasis \Ec"pha*sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to speak out.]. (references)

Definition: ECPHASIS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An explicit declaration.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ECPHASIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ecphasis \Ec"pha*sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to speak out.]. (references)