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Anabasis

//əˈnæbəsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia. historical

    "During the French anabasis to Moscow he entered our service, made himself a prodigious favorite with the whole imperial family, and even now is only in his twenty−second year."

  2. 2
    The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. obsolete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάβασις (anábasis, “a going up, an ascent”), from ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). Compare typologically Proto-West Germanic *raisu (“a travel, journey”) (akin to Proto-Germanic *raizijaną (“to cause (someone, something) to rise; raise”)) (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”)).

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