ANTIPERISTATIS
\ˌantɪpˌɛɹɪstˈɑːtiz], \ˌantɪpˌɛɹɪstˈɑːtiz], \ˌa_n_t_ɪ_p_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ˈɑː_t_i_z]\
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A union of opposite circumstances: the action of two contrary qualities, one of which augments the force of the other. The peripateticians asserted, that it is by Antiperistasis, that fire is hotter in winter than in summer. Theophrastus attributes the cause, which renders man more vigorous, and makes him digest more readily in winter, to the augmentation of heat caused by Antiperistasis.
By Robley Dunglison
