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les being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

Slow and solemn in movement. Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.

dren are occasionally born with guttural swellings. W. Guthrie. In such a sweet, guttural accent. Landor.

s of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore an…

Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

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

The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

advantages of previous schemes with a thoroughly logical word formation, and has neither accented constants nor arbitrarily coined pronominal words. For each idea that root is selected which is already most international, on the principle of the "greatest facility for the greatest number of people." The word "Ido" mea…

A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.

The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West Indies]

Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.

sh dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.

nto 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. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. Wordsworth.

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

aving an obscure and indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel in many unaccented syllables. It is regarded by some as identical with the û in up, and is called also the natural vowel, as unformed by art and effort. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 17.

Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.

Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.

r; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak.

A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

passing tone. -- Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony.