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anabasis

/əˈnæbəsɪs/

anabasis noun: a military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.

Noun

anabasis (plural anabases)

  1. (historical) A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
    • 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.1838, Thomas de Quincey, The Avenger
    • ‘I have a feeling that if we follow a scent of spring on the air with sufficient eagerness we’ll come to a south without snow more quickly than we think. Thalassa, thalassa. This is what the Greeks called an anabasis.’ They looked at him as if he were barmy.1989, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron
  2. (obsolete) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.

anabasis meaning in Tamil

anabasis in Tamil

நோய் தீவிர நிலை, மேலே போதல், பகைவர் அக எல்லைக்குள் மேற்செலவு

Antonyms of anabasis

Forms of anabasis

pluralanabases

Origin of anabasis

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”)).

Questions about anabasis

What does anabasis mean?
Anabasis means a military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
What is anabasis in Tamil?
Anabasis in Tamil is நோய் தீவிர நிலை, மேலே போதல், பகைவர் அக எல்லைக்குள் மேற்செலவு. See Anabasis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anabasis?
Anabasis is a noun.
How do you pronounce anabasis?
Anabasis is pronounced /əˈnæbəsɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of anabasis?
The plural of anabasis is anabases.

Words near anabasis in the dictionary

  1. anabas
  2. anabaseine
  3. anabases
  4. anabasii
  5. anabasine
  6. anabasis
  7. anabasius
  8. anabathrid
  9. anabathrids
  10. anabathrum
  11. anabathrums

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