meaning of apes
1. A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.
2. A verse composed of such feet.
3. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
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