Look up: refrain

1. refrain
   a unit of text and music which repeats, commonly at the end of each stanza.
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2. Refrain
   A line or phrase that recurs throughout a poem - especially at the end of stanzas. In his poem Easter 1916 W.B.Yeats used the refrain 'A terrible beauty is born.' Another famous refrain line is 'Sweet Thames! run softly, till I end my song' from Spenser's Prothalamion.
   Many French verse forms employ refrains.
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3. refrain
   [n] - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers 2. [v] - not do something
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4. Refrain
   Re·frain' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Refrained (-fr?nd'); present participle & vb/ noun Refraining .] [ Middle English refreinen , Old French refrener , F...
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5. Refrain
   Re·frain' intransitive verb To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. « Refrain from these men, and let them alone.» Acts v. 38. « They refrained therefrom [ eating f...
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6. Refrain
   Re·frain' noun [ French refrain , from Old French refraindre ; confer Pr. refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See Refract , Refrain , v. ] The burden of a song; a phrase or verse w...
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7. refrain
   The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. 'We hear the wild refrain.' (Whittier) ... Origin: F. Refrain, fr. OF. Refraindre; cf. Pr. Refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See Refract,Refrain. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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8. refrain
   chorus noun the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
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9. Refrain
   • (v. t.) To abstain from • (v. i.) To keep one`s self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. • (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. • (v. t.) To hol...
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10. refrain
    a phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at intervals throughout a poem, generally at the end of the stanza. Refrains are found in the ancient ... [4 related articles]
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11. refrain
    one or more lines repeated before or after the stanzas of a poem.
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12. Refrain
    A `refrain` (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "`chorus`" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virela...
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13. Refrain
    (song) `"Refrain"` was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1956, co-written by Émile Gardaz and work=Agence France-Presse |publisher=accessdate=2008-09-11-->--> performed by Lys Assia representing Switzerland. It was the first-ever winner of the Contest, but not the ...
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14. Refrain
    (Stockhausen) , where Refrain was premiered in 1959 `Refrain` for for 3 players (piano with woodblocks, vibraphone with alpine cowbells, and amplified celesta with antique cymbals) is a chamber-music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and is number 11 in his catalog of works....
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