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Anapest [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In poetry, a foot, consisting of three syllables, the two first short, the last long; the reverse of the dactyl; as,

2. Can a bosom so gentle remain

3. Unmoved when her Corydon sighs?

Anapest [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. A verse composed of such feet.

Anapestic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of anapestic feet.

Anapestic [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The anapestic measure.

Anapestic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.

Anapestic [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Anapestic measure or verse.

Anapestical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Anapestic.