Emily Dickinson Lexicon — PA-REN'E-SIS

Definition for PA-REN'E-SIS

PAR-EN-CHYM'A-TOUS, or PAR-EN'CHYM-OUS PAR-E-NET'IC, or PAR-E-NET'IC-AL

PA-REN'E-SIS, n. [Gr. παραινεσις; παραινεω, to exhort.]

Persuasion; exhortation. [Little used.] – Dict.

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