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Definition of Metred
1. metre [v] - See also: metre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metred
Literary usage of Metred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"I have already given specimens of his short-metred songs, the majority of which
are written to the key-note of some burden, but it would be unjust to ..."
2. Evidence and Arguments on Petitions of Cambridge and Boston for Leave to by Massachusetts, General Court (1882)
"Q. — How much did you say goes to the metred manufacturing establishments? ...
Q. — Now, what proportion of the manufacturing establishments are metred? ..."
3. The Beginnings of Poetry by Francis Barton Gummere (1901)
"... is peremptory for " metred prose," but, as both a lord and a wit, disdains to
give his reasons; while another person of quality, ..."
4. Select Metrical Hymns and Homilies of Ephraem Syrus by Ephraem, Henry Burgess (1853)
"Literally, it is two-metred and three-metred verses, that is, verses having
respectively two metres, three metres, &c., which in the usage of the Greeks and ..."
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