An-ab'a-sis, n.

n. [Gr. ἀνάβασις; ἀναβαίνειν, to go up, or cause to go up; ἀνά, up, and βαίνειν, to go.] A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia. “The anabasis of Napoleon.” De Quincey.