An'a-pĕst'ic or An'a-pĕst'ic-al1, a.
a. [Lat. anapesticus, Gr. ἀναπαιστικός.] Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of anapestic feet.
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Anapestic
Ăn'a-pĕst'ic or A-năph'o-ră2, n.
n. The anapestic measure. Bentley. A-năph'o-ră, n. [Lat. anaphora, Gr. ἀναφορά, from ἀναφέρειν, to carry up or back, from ἀνά, up, back, and φέρειν, to carry.] (Rhet.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses of a sentence; as, “Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world?” Johnson.