Definition for DI-A-PEN'TE

DI-A-PEN'TE, n. [Gr. δια and πεντε, five.]

  1. A fifth; an interval making the second of the concords, and with the diatessaron, an octave. – Encyc.
  2. In medicine, a composition of five ingredients. – Coxe.

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