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1. (n.) caesura
a break or pause in a line of verse, marked in scansion by a double vertical line.
2. caesura
any pause or interruption.
Etymology: (1550–60; < L)
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1. (noun) caesura
a pause or interruption (as in a conversation)
"after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"
2. (noun) caesura
a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
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1. (noun) caesura
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 caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot
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