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   Climax , n. [L., from Gr.  ladder, staircase, fr.  to make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.]
    Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
   Glanvill.
   
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   (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.
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   “Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope” -- a happy climax.
   J. D. Forbes.
   
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   The highest point; the greatest degree.
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   We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.]
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