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scansion


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scansion  \Scan"sion\,  n.  [L.  scansio,  fr  scandere  scansum  to 
  climb.  See  {Scan}.]  (Pros.) 
  The  act  of  scanning;  distinguishing  the  metrical  feet  of  a 
  verse  by  emphasis,  pauses,  or  otherwise. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scansion 
  n  :  analysis  of  verse  into  metrical  patterns 




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