Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as semibreve.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.), rare A semibreve.

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  • noun music, dated A semibreve.

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Examples

  • Great red coals roll out on the hearth, sparkle a semibrief, lose their grosser substance, indicate

    Margaret 1851

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