Arsis is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter A and ends with the letter S for which we found 3 definitions.
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(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. |
(n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation or the rhythmic accent. |
(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. |