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arsis - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'arsis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Arsis [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.