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Definition of accent
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Accent
(n.) A mark used to
denote
feet and
inches;
as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten
inches..
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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..
Proparoxytone
::
Proparoxytone
(n.) A word which has the acute
accent
on the
antepenult.
Accent
::
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''..
Rhythm
::
Rhythm
(n.) In the
widest
sense,
a
dividing
into short
portions
by a
regular
succession
of
motions,
impulses,
sounds,
accents,
etc.,
producing
an
agreeable
effect,
as in music
poetry,
the
dance,
or the
like..
Accentless
::
Accentless
(a.)
Without
accent.
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..
Thesis
::
Thesis
(n.) The
accented
part of the
measure,
expressed
by the
downward
beat; -- the
opposite
of
arsis..
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..
Accentuable
::
Accentuable
(a.)
Capable
of being
accented.
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..
Accentuated
::
Accentuated
(imp. & p. p.) of
Accentuat.
Accent
::
Accent
(n.)
Stress
laid on
certain
syllables
of a
verse.
Accent
::
Accent
(n.)
Modulation
of the voice in
speaking;
manner
of
speaking
or
pronouncing;
peculiar
or
characteristic
modification
of the
voice;
tone; as, a
foreign
accent;
a
French
or a
German
accent..
Arsis
::
Arsis (n.) That
elevation
of voice now
called
metrical
accentuation,
or the
rhythmic
accent..
Accent
::
Accent
(n.) A mark used to
denote
feet and
inches;
as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten
inches..
Mazurka
::
Mazurka
(n.) A
Polish
dance,
or the music which
accompanies
it,
usually
in 3-4 or 3-8
measure,
with a
strong
accent
on the
second
beat..
Accent
::
Accent
(v. t.) To mark
emphatically;
to
emphasize.
Accentuation
::
Accentuation
(n.) Act of
accentuating;
applications
of
accent.
Orthotone
::
Orthotone
(a.)
Retaining
the
accent;
not
enclitic;
-- said of
certain
indefinite
pronouns
and
adverbs
when used
interrogatively,
which,
when not so used, are
ordinarilly
enclitic..
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..
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