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Definition: HYPOSTROPHE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The act of a patient turning himself.[Websters]
2. A relapse, or return of a disease.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Etymology:Hypostrophe \Hy*pos"tro*phe\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to turn round or back; under to turn.]. (references)

Definition: HYPOSTROPHE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The act of a patient turning himself.[Websters]
2. A relapse, or return of a disease.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Etymology:Hypostrophe \Hy*pos"tro*phe\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to turn round or back; under to turn.]. (references)