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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
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Climax
CLIMAX, n.
1. Gradation; ascent; a figure of rhetoric, in which a sentence rises as it were, step by step; or in which the expression which ends one member of the period, begins the second, and so on, till the period is finished; as in the following: When we have practiced good actions a while, they become easy; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasure in them; and when they please us, we do them frequently; and by frequency of acts, they grow into a habit.
2. A sentence, or series of sentences, in which the successive members or sentences rise in force, importance or dignity, to the close of the sentence or series.
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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Climax," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 5, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5LRFCJI8NQX72SE.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Climax." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 5 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5LRFCJI8NQX72SE.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Climax' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 5 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5LRFCJI8NQX72SE.
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