Ecbasis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecbasis \Ec"ba*sis\ ([e^]k"b[.a]*s[i^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr.
     'e`kbasis a going out, issue, or event; 'ek out + bai`nein to
     go.] (Rhet.)
     A figure in which the orator treats of things according to
     their events consequences.
     [1913 Webster]