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ANAPAEST (from Gr. ava1raulros, reversed) , a metrical See also:foot consisting of three syllables, the first two See also:short and the third See also:long and accented; so called as the See also:reverse of a See also:dactyl, which has the first a long syllable, followed by two short ones. An anapaestic See also:verse is one which only contains, or is mostly made up of, anapaestic feet.

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