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consisting of or causing a climax

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  1. adj. consisting of or causing a climax
  2. Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series. A fourth kind of parallelism . . . is still sufficiently marked to be noticed by the side of those described by Lowth, viz., climactic parallelism (sometimes called "ascending rhythm"). S. R. Driver.
  3. Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, aclimax, or ascending series.
  4. j:100 a. consisting of or causing a climax