Definition of anapest

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Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..

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Anapestic :: Anapestic (a.) Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse..
Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..
Anapaestic :: Anapaestic () Same as Anapest, Anapestic..
Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A verse composed of such feet.
Anapestic :: Anapestic (n.) Anapestic measure or verse.
Tetrameter :: Tetrameter (n.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet..
Anapestical :: Anapestical (a.) Anapestic.
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