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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phrasing  \Phras"ing\,  n. 
  1.  Method  of  expression;  association  of  words 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  The  act  or  method  of  grouping  the  notes  so  as  to 
  form  distinct  musical  phrases. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phrase  \Phrase\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Phrased};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Phrasing}.]  [Cf.  F.  phraser.] 
  To  express  in  words  or  in  peculiar  words  to  call  to  style. 
  ``These  suns  --  for  so  they  phrase  'em.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phrasing 
  n  1:  the  grouping  of  musical  phrases  in  a  melodic  line 
  2:  the  manner  in  which  something  is  expressed  in  words:  "use 
  concise  military  verbiage"-  G.S.Patton  [syn:  {wording},  {diction}, 
  {phraseology},  {choice  of  words},  {verbiage}] 




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