1. A figure of speech in which emphasis is achieved by exaggeration or amplification of a statement.
Usage: rhetoric; literary
2. In biology, growth or increase in size of an organism or its parts.
Usage: biology; technical

Examples

• The speaker used auxesis when she said she had told him a million times to be careful.
• In the poem, auxesis builds tension by gradually intensifying the description of the storm.
• The author employed auxesis to emphasize the character's desperation and fear.
• Auxesis is a common technique in advertising to make products seem more appealing.
• The biologist studied auxesis in plant cells under different light conditions.
• Through auxesis, the narrator conveyed the overwhelming nature of the experience.