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crasis
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CRASIS
n.[Gr. , to mix, to temper. ] 1. The temper or healthy constitution of the blood in an animal body; the temperament which forms a particular constitution of the blood.
2. In grammar, a figure by which two different letters are contracted into one long letter or into a diphthong.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CRASIS
Cra "sis (kr "ss ), n. Etym: [LL. , temperament, fr. Gr.
1. (Med. )
Defn: A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
2. (Gram. )
Defn: A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words ) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; synæresis; as, cogo for coago.
New American Oxford Dictionary
crasis
crasis |ˈkreɪsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. crases |-siːz | ) Phonetics a contraction of two adjacent vowels into one long vowel or diphthong, for example the reduction of words in ancient Greek from three syllables to two. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a medical term denoting the blending of physical qualities giving rise to a particular state of health ): from Greek krasis ‘mixture ’.
Oxford Dictionary
crasis
crasis |ˈkreɪsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. crases |-siːz | ) Phonetics a contraction of two adjacent vowels into one long vowel or diphthong, for example the reduction of words in ancient Greek from three syllables to two. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a medical term denoting the blending of physical qualities giving rise to a particular state of health ): from Greek krasis ‘mixture ’.
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