Definition of arsis Arsis
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We found 5 definitions of arsis from 3 different sources.
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What does arsis mean?
Wiktionary 
- arsis (Noun)
Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- arsis (n.)
That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. - arsis (n.)
That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent. - arsis (n.)
The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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arsis
ar′sis, n. grammatical term applied to the elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking: (mus.) the strong position in a bar: the strong syllable in English metre:—pl. Ar′sēs. [L.—Gr. arsis—airein, to lift.]
