Anabasis

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  • noun. An advance; an expedition.
  • noun. A large-scale military advance, especially the Greek mercenary expedition across Asia Minor in 401 BC led by Cyrus the Younger of Persia, as described by Xenophon. It was unsuccessful, and the Greeks, led by Xenophon, retreated to the Black Sea.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A going up, especially a military advance: opposed to catabasis.
  • noun. Hence Any military expedition: as,“the anabasis of Napoleon,” “General Sherman's great anabasis,”
  • noun. The course of a disease from the commencement to the climax.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.”
  • noun. The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
  • noun. The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
  • Word Usage
    "K on Aug 2, 2008 when are they gonna make a new warriors movie?! (it was loosely based on anabasis)"
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