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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 March 21, 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. 21 Mar. 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 21 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5LRFCJI8NQX72SE.
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