a. Rhet. [ad. L. auxēticus, Gr. αὐξητικός, f. αὐξητός, vbl. adj. of αὐξ-άν-ειν to increase.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by auxesis; amplifying. † Auxetical a., = prec. Auxetically adv., by auxesis or amplification.
1740. T. Hutchinson, Cerem. Law, 8, note. Superadded—προσετέθη—this auxetic power is also observable in the epistle to Philemon v. 19.
1723. S. Mather, Vind. Bible, 375. Thence it appears what an auxetical hyperbole Vossius used.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. (1834), 292. Speeches extending a matter beyond what it is, auxetically, digressively.
