1. Verb
Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
2. Verb
A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.
3. Verb
The highest point; the greatest degree.
4. Noun
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
5. Noun
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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