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† cliˈmactery Obs.
[a. F. climacterie (in Cotgr.), f. Gr. L. climactēr + abstr. suffix -ie, -y.]
1. = climacteric B. 1.
1658Ussher Ann. vii. 802 Past the sixty third year, the common Climactery of all old men.
2. Progress by successive steps; a step of a climax.
1654L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 92 Could he have foreseen where all the climacteries and motions of his advance should have terminated. a1734North Exam. (1740) 478 He is an Artist at Disposition and Climactery for the setting off his Positions. Ibid. 133, I..come not to the Point, till his Climacteries of Approach are all considered. |