Ecbasis /(ĕk"bȧ*sĭs)/

Ec·ba·sis

Ecbasis

n.

[L., fr. Gr. 'e`kbasis a going out, issue, or event; 'ek out + bai`nein to go.]

A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences. (Rhet.)

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