"Arsis" is a word in ENGLISH
The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which
it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar;
-- opposed to thesis.
That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is
distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a
greater stress of voice.
That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or
the rhythmic accent.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss. After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer." The student received an "A" on the exam. A Boston brokerage house advertised for a "young Harvard graduate or the equivalent." Among the inquiries received was one from a Yale grad. He said, "Do you mean two Princeton men, or a Yale man part time?"
babaw n place up s.w. hiN-haN-(), hiN-haN- v [B5] get to be almost full. Muhimábaw (muhimabaw) na gánì ang baldi, …
Read the complete definitionA small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part …
Read the complete definitionThe religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, \"the awakened or enlightened,\" …
Read the complete definitionA violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part …
Read the complete definitionA very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
Read the complete definitionA house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation.
Read the complete definitionA muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
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Read the complete definitionA low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Read the complete definitionMade with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between …
Read the complete definitionCharacterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high …
Read the complete definitionA range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
Read the complete definitionA device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, …
Read the complete definitionThe most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.
Read the complete definitionMore elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an …
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