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crases

/ˈkɹeɪsiːz/

crases is the plural of crasis.

Meaning of crasis

Noun

crasis (countable and uncountable, plural crases)

  1. (obsolete) One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body.
    • Some men have peculiar symptoms, according to their temperament and crasis, which they had from the stars and those celestial influences […], I.iii.1.2
  2. A mixture or combination.
  3. The contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.
    • When in a crasis, a lene consonant […] is combined with an aspirated vowel, the lene is always changed (except in the Ionic dialect) into the corresponding aspirate […]1861, William Edward Jelf, Accidence

Proper noun capitalized: Crases

Crases

  1. (plural) plural of Crase

Words that rhyme with crases

Questions about crases

What is crases the plural of?
Crases is the plural of crasis.
What part of speech is crases?
Crases is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce crases?
Crases is pronounced /ˈkɹeɪsiːz/.

Words near crases in the dictionary

  1. CrASBOs
  2. crase
  3. crased
  4. craseonycterid
  5. craseonycterids
  6. crases
  7. crash
  8. crash and burn
  9. crash axe
  10. crash axes
  11. crash bar

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