English-Thai Dictionary
anabasis
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ANABASIS
A *nab "a *sis, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis. " The anabasis of Napoleon. De Quincey.
2. (Med. )
Defn: The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obs. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
anabasis
a nab a sis |əˈnabəsis əˈnæbəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. anabases |-ˌsēz | ) rare a march from a coast into the interior, as that of the younger Cyrus into Asia in 401 bc, as narrated by Xenophon in his work Anabasis. • a military advance. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: Greek, literally ‘ascent. ’
Oxford Dictionary
anabasis
anabasis |aˈnabəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. anabases |-siːz | ) rare a military advance into the interior of a country (with reference to that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia in 401 bc, as narrated by Xenophon in his work Anabasis ). ORIGIN from Greek, ‘ascent ’, from anabainein ‘walk up ’, from ana- ‘up ’ + bainein ‘go ’.
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