Phasis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phasis is a noun meaning (now rare) The first appearance of the new moon.
Meaning
(now rare) The first appearance of the new moon.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A phase (of the moon, a planet etc.).
- (obsolete) Any phase or aspect of something.
Example Sentences
He o'er the seas shall love or fame pursue, / And other Months, another Phasis view […].
[A]s the same face of the moon always is turned to the earth, the lunar tides must be permanent, and if the solid parts of the moon be spherical, must always cover the phasis next to us.
In popular language Feeling is not always synonymous with State of Consciousness; being often taken more peculiarly for those states which are conceived as belonging to the sensitive, or to the emotional, phasis of our nature […].
Word Forms
- phases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phiala.
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