epitasis Meaning, Definition & Usage

E*pit"a*sis noun

Etymology

NL., fr. Gr. a stretching, fr. to stretch upon or over; upon + to stretch.

Definitions

1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.
2. (Med.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.