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101Voice glide — Voice Voice, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. ? a word, ? a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erw[ a]hnen to mention. Cf. {Advocate}, {Advowson}, {Avouch}, {Convoke}, {Epic}, {Vocal}, {Vouch}, {Vowel}.] 1 …
102Voice stop — Voice Voice, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. ? a word, ? a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erw[ a]hnen to mention. Cf. {Advocate}, {Advowson}, {Avouch}, {Convoke}, {Epic}, {Vocal}, {Vouch}, {Vowel}.] 1 …
103With one voice — Voice Voice, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. ? a word, ? a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erw[ a]hnen to mention. Cf. {Advocate}, {Advowson}, {Avouch}, {Convoke}, {Epic}, {Vocal}, {Vouch}, {Vowel}.] 1 …
104aphesis — noun (plural apheses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, release, from aphienai to let go, from apo + hienai to send more at jet Date: 1880 aphaeresis consisting of the loss of a short unaccented vowel (as in lone for alone) • aphetic adjective •… …
105arsis — noun (plural arses) Etymology: Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin, raising of the voice, accented part of foot, from Greek, upbeat, less important part of foot, literally, act of lifting, from aeirein, airein to lift Date: 14th century 1. a. the… …
106clitic — noun Etymology: enclitic or proclitic Date: 1946 a word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted …
107pyrrhic — noun Etymology: Latin pyrrhichius, from Greek (pous) pyrrhichios, from pyrrhichē, a kind of dance Date: 1626 a metrical foot consisting of two short or unaccented syllables …
108offbeat — I. noun Date: circa 1928 an unaccented beat or portion of a beat in a musical measure II. adjective Date: 1938 eccentric, unconventional …
109upbeat — I. noun Date: 1869 1. an unaccented beat or portion of a beat in a musical measure; specifically the last beat of the measure 2. an increase in activity or prosperity < business that is on the upbeat > II. adjective Date: 1947 cheerful,… …
110Diacritic — For the academic journal, see Diacritics (journal). The letter a with acute Diacritical marks …
