Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-A-PEN'TE
DI-A-PA'SON, or DI'A-PASEDI'A-PER
DI-A-PEN'TE, n. [Gr. δια and πεντε, five.]
- A fifth; an interval making the second of the concords, and with the diatessaron, an octave. – Encyc.
- In medicine, a composition of five ingredients. – Coxe.
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