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Webster 1913 Edition


caesura

cae-su′ra

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
caesuras
, L.
Cæsuræ
[L.
caesura
a cutting off, a division, stop, fr.
caedere
,
caesum
, to cut off. See
Concise
.]
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 cæsural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
☞ In the following line the cæsura is between study and of.
The prop | er stud | y ‖ of | mankind | is man.

Webster 1828 Edition


Caesura

CAESURA.

[See Cesura.]