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Webster 1913 Edition

Amphibrach

Am′phi-brach

(ăm′fĭ-brăk)
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Noun.
[L. [GREEK], Gr. [GREEK] short at both ends;
ἀμφί
+
βραχύσ
short.]
(Anc. Pros.)
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (˘ – ˘); as, hăbērĕ. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet˝ic.

Webster 1828 Edition

Amphibrach

AM'PHIBRACH

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Noun.
[Gr. short.]
In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short; as habere, in Latin. In English verse, it is used as the last foot, when a syllable is added to the usual number forming a double rhyme; as,
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