slovo | definícia |
lepsi (msasasci) | lepsi
- better |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
druhy najlepsi (msasasci) | druhy najlepsi
- runner-up, second-best |
najlepsi (msasasci) | najlepsi
- best, top-class |
nepolepsitelny (msasasci) | nepolepsitelny
- delinquent |
vylepsit (msasasci) | vylepsit
- amend, enhancement, improve |
zlepsit (msasasci) | zlepsit
- consummate, enhance, meliorate, make better |
epanalepsis (encz) | epanalepsis, n: |
epilepsia major (encz) | epilepsia major, n: |
epilepsia minor (encz) | epilepsia minor, n: |
metalepsis (encz) | metalepsis, n: |
paralepsis (encz) | paralepsis, n: |
prolepsis (encz) | prolepsis, n: |
syllepsis (encz) | syllepsis, n: |
epilepsie (czen) | epilepsie,grand maln: Zdeněk Brož |
katalepsie (czen) | katalepsie,catalepsy Josef Kosek |
narkolepsie (czen) | narkolepsie,narcolepsyn: Zdeněk Brož |
analepsis (gcide) | analepsis \an`a*lep"sis\ ([a^]n`[.a]*l[e^]p"s[i^]s), analepsy
\an"a*lep`sy\ ([a^]n"[.a]*l[e^]p`s[y^]), [Gr. 'ana`lhpsis a
taking up, or again, recovery, from 'analamba`nein. See
Analemma.] (Med.)
(a) Recovery of strength after sickness.
(b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from
gastric disorder. [Obs.]
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Catalepsis (gcide) | Catalepsy \Cat"a*lep`sy\, Catalepsis \Cat`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.
catalepsis, fr. Gr. ? a seizure, fr. ? to seize upon; kata`
down + ? to take, seize.] (Med.)
A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and
limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while
the action of the heart and lungs continues.
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Clepsine (gcide) | Clepsine \Clep"si*ne\, n. (Zool.)
A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis.
They feed upon mollusks and worms.
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Epanalepsis (gcide) | Epanalepsis \Ep*an`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; 'epi` + ? to
take up.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after
intervening matter. --Gibbs.
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Metalepsis (gcide) | Metalepsis \Met`a*lep"sis\, n.; pl. Metalepses. [L., fr. Gr. ?
participation, alteration, fr. ? to partake, to take in
exchange; ? beyond + ? to take.] (Rhet.)
The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession
of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a
different kind in one word.
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paralepsis (gcide) | Paraleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` beside + ? to leave.] (Rhet.)
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker
artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for
example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my
adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal
conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also
paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
[1913 Webster]Paralepsis \Par`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.]
See Paraleipsis.
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Paralepsis (gcide) | Paraleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` beside + ? to leave.] (Rhet.)
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker
artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for
example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my
adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal
conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also
paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
[1913 Webster]Paralepsis \Par`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.]
See Paraleipsis.
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Prolepsis (gcide) | Prolepsis \Pro*lep"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to take
beforehand; ? before + ? to take.]
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1. (Rhet.)
(a) A figure by which objections are anticipated or
prevented. --Abp. Bramhall.
(b) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed
principle.
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2. (Chron.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event
being dated before the actual time.
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3. (Gram.) The application of an adjective to a noun in
anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of
the verb; as, to strike one dumb.
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Pseudoblepsis (gcide) | Pseudoblepsis \Pseu`do*blep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s
false + ble`psis sight.] (Med.)
False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects.
--Forsyth.
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Syllepsis (gcide) | Syllepsis \Syl*lep"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. sy`llhpsis a taking
together, from ?. See syllable, n.]
1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a
literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
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2. (Gram.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one,
rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it
might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina
beati.
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epanalepsis (wn) | epanalepsis
n 1: repetition after intervening words |
epilepsia major (wn) | epilepsia major
n 1: epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness
and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized
jerking [syn: grand mal epilepsy, grand mal,
generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major]
2: a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and
has convulsions over the entire body [syn: grand mal,
generalized seizure, epilepsia major] |
epilepsia minor (wn) | epilepsia minor
n 1: epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief
clouding of consciousness (and possibly other
abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal
since childhood" [syn: petit mal epilepsy, petit mal,
epilepsia minor]
2: a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary
unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching; "the
girl was frightened by her first petit mal" [syn: {petit
mal}, epilepsia minor] |
hippoglossus stenolepsis (wn) | Hippoglossus stenolepsis
n 1: a righteye flounder found in the Pacific [syn: {Pacific
halibut}, Hippoglossus stenolepsis] |
metalepsis (wn) | metalepsis
n 1: substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another |
paralepsis (wn) | paralepsis
n 1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
paralipsis, preterition] |
prolepsis (wn) | prolepsis
n 1: anticipating and answering objections in advance |
syllepsis (wn) | syllepsis
n 1: use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing
in number or case etc. with only one |
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