Cæ-sū'ra, n.

n.; Eng. pl. CÆ-SŪ'RÆ; Lat. pl. CÆ-SŪ'RÆ. [Lat. cæsura, a cutting off, a division, stop, from cædere, cæsum, to cut off; It. & Sp. cesura, Fr. césure.] (Pros.) A pause or division in a verse; a separation, by the ending of a word, or by a pause in the sense, of syllables rhythmically connected; as in the following line, between the words numbers and cadenced. These parting num | bers, ca | denced by my grief. Philips.