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Webster 1913 Edition

Anacrusis

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Anˊa-cru′sis

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to push up or back; [GREEK] + [GREEK] to strike.]

(Pros.)

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.