Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or constituting a cesura.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective See
cæsural .
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- adjective Alternative form of
caesural .
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Examples
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He gave Pope a wonderfully high character, and remarked that one of his chief beauties was the skill exhibited in varying the cesural pause -- quoting from various parts of his author to illustrate his remarks more fully.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States William Henry Seward 1836
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He gave Pope a wonderfully high character, and remarked that one of his chief beauties was the skill exhibited in varying the cesural pause ” quoting from various parts of his author to illustrate his remarks more fully.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Seward, William H 1849
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