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Definition of accent
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Accent
(n.) A mark
placed
at the right hand of a
letter,
and a
little
above it, to
distinguish
magnitudes
of a
similar
kind
expressed
by the same
letter,
but
differing
in
value,
as y', y''..
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Pronounce
::
Pronounce
(v. t.) To utter
articulately;
to speak out or
distinctly;
to
utter,
as words or
syllables;
to speak with the
proper
sound and
accent
as,
adults
rarely
learn to
pronounce
a
foreign
language
correctly..
Acute
::
Acute (a.) High, or
shrill,
in
respect
to some other
sound;
--
opposed
to grave or low; as, an acute tone or
accent..
Paroxytone
::
Paroxytone
(a.) A word
having
an acute
accent
on the
penultimate
syllable.
Metre
::
Metre (n.)
Rhythmical
arrangement
of
syllables
or words into
verses,
stanzas,
strophes,
etc.;
poetical
measure,
depending
on
number,
quantity,
and
accent
of
syllables;
rhythm;
measure;
verse;
also, any
specific
rhythmical
arrangements;
as, the
Horatian
meters;
a
dactylic
meter..
Prosody
::
Prosody
(n.) That part of
grammar
which
treats
of the
quantity
of
syllables,
of
accent,
and of the laws of
versification
or
metrical
composition..
Female Rhymes
::
Female
rhymes
()
double
rhymes,
or
rhymes
(called
in
French
feminine
rhymes
because
they end in e weak, or
feminine)
in which two
syllables,
an
accented
and an
unaccented
one,
correspond
at the end of each
line..
Enclitical
::
Enclitical
(v. i.)
Affixed;
subjoined;
-- said of a word or
particle
which leans back upon the
preceding
word so as to
become
a part of it, and to lose its own
independent
accent,
generally
varying
also the
accent
of the
preceding
word..
Accentor
::
Accentor
(n.) One who sings the
leading
part; the
director
or
leader.
Cabala
::
Cabala
(n.) A kind of
occult
theosophy
or
traditional
interpretation
of the
Scriptures
among
Jewish
rabbis
and
certain
mediaeval
Christians,
which
treats
of the
nature
of god and the
mystery
of human
existence.
It
assumes
that every
letter,
word,
number,
and
accent
of
Scripture
contains
a
hidden
sense;
and it
teaches
the
methods
of
interpretation
for
ascertaining
these
occult
meanings.
The
cabalists
pretend
even to
foretell
events
by this
means..
Oxytone
::
Oxytone
(a.)
Having
an acute
sound;
(Gr.
Gram.),
having
an acute
accent
on the last
syllable..
Circumflex
::
Circumflex
(n.) A
character,
or
accent,
denoting
in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long
syllable,
marked
thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other
languages,
denoting
a long and
contracted
syllable,
marked
[/ or ^]. See
Accent,
n., 2..
Circumflect
::
Circumflect
(v. t.) To mark with the
circumflex
accent,
as a
vowel..
Accent
::
Accent
(v. t.) To mark
emphatically;
to
emphasize.
Iambic
::
Iambic
(a.)
Consisting
of a short
syllable
followed
by a long one, or of an
unaccented
syllable
followed
by an
accented;
as, an
iambic
foot..
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..
Arsis
::
Arsis (n.) That
elevation
of voice now
called
metrical
accentuation,
or the
rhythmic
accent..
Enclitic
::
Enclitic
(n.) A word which is
joined
to
another
so
closely
as to lose its
proper
accent,
as the
pronoun
thee in
prithee
(pray
thee)..
Accent
::
Accent
(n.) The
expressive
emphasis
and
shading
of a
passage.
Arsis
::
Arsis (n.) The
elevation
of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is
raised,
in
beating
time; the weak or
unaccented
part of the bar; --
opposed
to
thesis..
Measure
::
Measure
(n.) The group or
grouping
of
beats,
caused
by the
regular
recurrence
of
accented
beats..
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