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Enclitical   Listen
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Enclitical, Enclitic  adj.  (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.






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"Enclitical" Quotes from Famous Books



... shall find Him. So, with the throttling hands of death at strife, Ground he at grammar; Still, thro' the rattle, parts of speech were rife: While he could stammer He settled Hoti's deg. business—let it be!— deg.129 Properly based Oun deg.— deg.130 Gave as the doctrine of the enclitic De deg. deg.131 Dead from the waist down. Well, here's the platform, here's the proper place: Hail to your purlieus, All ye highfliers of the feathered race, Swallows and curlews: Here's the top-peak; the multitude below Live, for they can, there: ...
— Browning's Shorter Poems • Robert Browning



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