What does "auxesis" mean?

A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly; Overstatement, hyperbole.

What is a synonym for "auxesis"?

Common synonyms include: amplificatio, amplification, hyperbole, spin.

noun

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Noun

1
A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly; Overstatement, hyperbole. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
"Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede."
2
growth from increase in cell size without cell division wordnet
3
A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly; Arrangement of a series in ascending order. countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable
4
Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division. countable, uncountable
"Auxesis, augmentation, increase."
5
The condition of being auxetic countable, uncountable

"Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede."

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