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; pl.
Crises (-s&?;z). [L. crisis, Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to separate. See Certain.]
1. The point of time when it is to be
decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be
modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning
point.

This hour's the very crisis of your
fate.

Dryden.

The very times of crisis for the fate of
the country.

Brougham.

2. (Med.) That change in a disease
which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death;
sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an
outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat.

Till some safe crisis authorize their
skill.

Dryden.

Crisp (kr?sp), a. [AS.
crisp, fr. L. crispus; cf. carpere to
pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf. Crape.]
1. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as,
crisp hair.

2. Curled with the ripple of the
water. [Poetic]

You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks .
. .

Leave jour crisp channels.

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