Look up: refrain

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   refrain
   a unit of text and music which repeats, commonly at the end of each stanza.
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   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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   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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   Refrain
   Re·frain' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Refrained (-fr?nd'); present participle & vb/ noun Refraining .] [ Middle English refreinen , Old French refrener , French refr...ner , from Latin refrenare ; influenced by Old French refraindre to restrain, moderate, from Late Latin refran ...
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   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 flesh] some time after.» Sir T. Browne. Syn. -- To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold.
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   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 which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. « We hear the wild refrain .» Wh ...
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   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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   refrain
   chorus noun the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
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   Refrain
   A `refrain` (from the Old French `refraindre` `to repeat,` likely from Vulgar Latin `refringere`) 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 `virelay`, and the `sestina`. The use of refrains is particularly associated with popular music, especially rock and roll, where the verse-chorus-verse song structure typically places a refrain i...
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    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 hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bou...
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    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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    refrain
    one or more lines repeated before or after the stanzas of a poem.
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