- 1. a. Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse. Source: opted
- 2. a. Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. Source: opted
- 3. adj. (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot Source: wordnet
- 4. n. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse. 2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. Abney. Source: webster
- 6. Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfectfoot; as, a catalectic verse. Source: adambom
- 7. n. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot a. (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot Source: ecdict
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