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"Auxesis"
Keywords:
hyperbole
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magnificent
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disproportionate
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grave
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amplification
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
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Auxesis is a form of hyperbole, in which something is referred to by a term disproportionate to its importance for the very purpose of amplifying that thing's importance or gravity.
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Keywords:
division
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growth
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size
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increase
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cell
growth from increase in cell size without cell division
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