phasis
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of phasis
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek phásis appearance, equivalent to pha- (base of phaínein to show) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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It has been well observed that "his mind never seems to have grown old, but to have presented a new phasis at each stage of his existence."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 by Various
It is the phasis of the Union as created by the Constitution.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
It embraces a larger question, affecting the various relations of private life, and not confined to one form or phasis of fanaticism.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
Emphasis, EMphasis; there must be some emphasis in order for there to be a phasis.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
When two ages are in the same phasis, they will excite the same humours, and produce the same coincidences and combinations.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
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