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Definition of: anaclasis
(ə·nak′lə·sis) noun
In prosody, the exchange of place of a short syllable with a preceding long one; thus, -˘-˘ for --˘˘. [<NL <Gk. anaklasis <anaklaein bend back <ana- back + klaein break]
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