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Definition of: spondee
(spon′dē) noun
A metrical foot consisting of two long syllables or, in English verse, of two accented syllables. [<F spondée <Gk. spondeios (pous) libation (meter) <spondē a libation; because used in the solemn chants accompanying a libation]
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