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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
anabasis \a*nab"a*sis\ ([.a]*n[a^]b"[.a]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr. 'ana`basis, fr. 'anabai`nein to go up; 'ana` up + bai`nein to go.] 1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis." [1913 Webster] The anabasis of Napoleon. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obs.] AS [1913 Webster] 3. (Med) A plant genus of the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae. [AS] | ||
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