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anabasis

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8 lettersPronunciation /əˈnæbəsɪs/Sorted aaabinssStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.

Word origin

From Ancient Greek ἀνάβασις (anábasis, “a going up, an ascent”), from ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).

Used in a sentence

  • During the French anabasis to Moscow he entered our service, made himself a prodigious favorite with the whole imperial family, and even now is only in his twenty−second year.
  • The Wordsworthian journey to the source […] is more of an amble than an anabasis or strenuous heroic quest.

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