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anabasis: Meaning and Definition of
a•nab•a•sis
Pronunciation: (u-nab'u-sis), [key]
— pl. -ses
- a march from the coast into the interior, as that of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II, described by Xenophon in his historical work Anabasis (379–371 b.c.).
- any military expedition or advance. Cf. katabasis.
