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cae·su·ra    Audio Help   [si-zhoor-uh, -zoor-uh, siz-yoor-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural cae·su·ras, cae·su·rae    Audio Help   [si-zhoor-ee, -zoor-ee, siz-yoor-ee] Pronunciation Key.
1.Prosody. a break, esp. a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
2.Classical Prosody. a division made by the ending of a word within a foot, or sometimes at the end of a foot, esp. in certain recognized places near the middle of a verse.
3.any break, pause, or interruption.
Also, cesura.

[Origin: 1550–60; < L, equiv. to caes(us) cut (ptp. of caedere) (caed- cut + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ūra -ure]

—Related forms
cae·su·ral, cae·su·ric, adjective
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