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Syllabical :: Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent..

Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..

Accent :: Accent (n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

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

Accenting :: Accenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accen.

Iambus :: Iambus (n.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n..

Properispomenon :: Properispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent..

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

Accent :: Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period..

Caesura :: Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others..

Accentuated :: Accentuated (imp. & p. p.) of Accentuat.

Accentuate :: Accentuate (v. t.) To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

Accentuation :: Accentuation (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

Tone :: Tone (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion..

Accentuable :: Accentuable (a.) Capable of being accented.

Trochee :: Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..

Accentor :: Accentor (n.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes..

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