01 n. 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 mom…
pl.
Crises ((-s�z))
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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.
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2.
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.(Med.)“Till some safe crisis authorize their skill.” — Dryden.