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a.
Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax.
v. i.
A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.
n.
The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.
v. t.
To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
v.
To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
v. i.
Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
n.
An amplification without strict climax,
n.
A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them."
v. i.
The highest point; the greatest degree.
n.
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
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