Crossword-Solution: ANTIPERISTASIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Antiperistasis | n. | Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEAE
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greedy person
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Sentences with ANTIPERISTASIS (5)
There are, in the most depraved and venomous dispositions, certain pieces that remain untouched, which by an _antiperistasis_[96] become more excellent, or by the excellency of their antipathies are able to preserve themselves from the contagion of their enemy vices, and persist entire beyond the general corruption.
Once more, he tells us, that in physics the energy with which a principle acts is often increased by the antiperistasis of its opposite; and that it is the same in the contests of factions.
Jove forbid I hinder thee; Marry, all that I fear is Cynthia's presence, which, with the cold of her chastity, casteth such an antiperistasis about the place, that no heat of thine will tarry with the patient.
This is that accursed antiperistasis(189) that is made by the concurrence of some advantages of knowledge and civility, and such like.
The surrounding ignorance and wickedness of the world might cause a holy antiperistasis(194) in a Christian, by making the grace of God unite itself, and work more powerfully, as fire out of a cloud, and shine more brightly, as a torch in the darkness of the night.