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    [Noun]  | "cae*su*ra" | \ si-ˈzyu̇r-ə \


    1: a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse

    2: a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot

    3: break, interruption


    Origin: circa 1567 ;

     Earlier also ceasure, cesure, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French cesure, borrowed from Late Latin caesūra, going back to Latin, "cutting down, felling," from caesus, past participle of caedere "to strike, beat, kill, cut down, fell" + -ūra {see: |-ure|-ure} {mat|concise|};

     [ "caesura" ]

    1: a caesura is a climatic pause during a play added to bring suspense just before something important happens

      * e.g.,  ... the caesura was way too long 

     [ "Caesura" ]

    1: Small,orange and tangerine like, it is the world famous caesura

      * e.g.,  ... Oliver loves caesura 

     [ "caesura" ]

    1: Cut up your words with pauses in order to establish a pattern or rhythm in your poetic delivery of the story.

      * e.g.,  ... Please use caesura to make the poetry stand out. 

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