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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amphibrach \Am"phi*brach\ ([a^]m"f[i^]*br[a^]k), n. [L. ?, Gr ? short at both ends 'amfi` + brachy`s short.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short ([crescent] -- [crescent]); as h[a^]b[=e]r[e^]. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as pro-phet"ic. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amphibrach n : a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
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