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Accentuate :: Accentuate (v. t.) To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

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)..

Hexameter :: Hexameter (n.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35..

Proclitic :: Proclitic (a.) Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

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..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure..

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..

Accentuation :: Accentuation (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Rhyme :: Rhyme (n.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any..

Proparoxytone :: Proparoxytone (n.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Atonic :: Atonic (a.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable..

Foot :: Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent..

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..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches..

Polka :: Polka (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented..

Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel..

Arsis :: Arsis (n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent..

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