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Auxesis
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Auxesis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/auxesis.html. 1828.