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"Catalectic"
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verse
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foot
Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
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Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
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(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
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A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete of a line of verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
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