epitasis noun.
[ɪ'pɪtǝsɪs, ɛ-] Pl. -ases
[-ǝsi:z].
L16.[mod. Latin from Greek, from epiteinein intensify, formed as EPI- + teinein stretch.]The second part of a play, in which the action begins; the part of a play etc. where the plot thickens.
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