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epitasis

e·pit·a·sis [ i píttəssiss ] (plural e·pit·a·ses [ i píttə sz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
middle part of a play: in classical drama, the middle part of a play that develops the main action

[Late 16th century. Via modern Latin< Greek< epiteinein "intensify, stretch upon" < teinein "to stretch"]
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