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Adjacent WordsCaddoan
Caddoan language
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cade oil
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Cadel's fuming liquid
cadelle
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cadenced
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cadential
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Cadet midshipman
Cadet's fuming liquid
cadetship
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Cadency definitions
CADENCY, n. 1. A fall, a decline; a state of sinking. 2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, as at the end of a sentence; also, the falling of the voice in the general modulation of tones in reciting. In reading or speaking, a certain tone is taken, which is called the key, or key-note, on which mot of the words are pronounced, and the fall of the voice below this tone is called cadence. The ordinary cadence is a fall of the last syllable of a sentence only. 3. The general tone of reading verse. The cadence of one line must be a rule to that of the next; as the sound of the former must slide gently into that which follows. 4. Tone; sound; as, hoarse cadence. 5. In music, repose; the termination of a harmonical phrase on a repose or on a perfect chord. Also, the manner of closing a song; embellishment at the close. 6. In horsemanship, an equal measure or proportion observed by a horse in all his motions. 7. In heraldry, the distinction of families. CADENCE, v.t. To regulate by musical measure.
n 1: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: cadence, cadency]
noun (plural -cies) Date: 1627 cadence
Cadency Ca"den*cy, n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.).
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