Definition of Amphebrach
Am"phi*brach (ăm"f&ibreve;*brăk),
n. [L. &?;, Gr. &?; short at both ends; 'amfi`
+ brachy`s short.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three
syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (⌣ --
⌣); as, hăbēr&ebreve;. In modern prosody the
accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the
short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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