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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAESURA. [See Cesura.]
CAFFEIN, n. A substance obtained from an infusion of unroasted coffee, by treating it with the muriate of tin.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"
2: a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -suras or caesurae) Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, act of cutting, from caedere to cut Date: 1556 1. in modern prosody a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse 2. Greek & Latin prosody a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot 3. break, interruption 4. a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody • caesural adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. caesuras) Prosody 1 (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot. 2 (in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line. Derivatives: caesural adj. Etymology: L f. caedere caes- cut

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Caesura C[ae]*su"ra, n.; pl. E. C[ae]suras, L. C[ae]sur[ae] [L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere, caesum, to cut off. See Concise.] A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the c[ae]sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. Note: In the following line the c[ae]sura is between study and of. The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Pause (in a verse), break.

Moby Thesaurus

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