# auxesis

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
2. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
3. Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
4. The condition of being auxetic

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).

## Source
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