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Amphibrach

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(n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ - ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Amphibrach'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/amphibrach.html. 1828.
 
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