Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Schesis

Schesis , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, to have or hold. See Scheme.]

1.
General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude. [Obsolete] — Norris
2.
(Rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him. — Crabb