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DIEGESIS

\dˈiːd͡ʒsiz], \dˈiːd‍ʒsiz], \d_ˈiː_dʒ_s_i_z]\

Definitions of DIEGESIS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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A narrative or history; a recital or relation.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A narrative or history; a recital or relation.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

d[=i]-e-j[=e]'sis, n. (rhet.) in an oration, the narration of the facts. [Gr.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

[Gr., I lead through.] Narration, statement of a case.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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