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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ep·i·trite n.  Gr. & Lat. Pros. A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
 Note: ☞ It is so called from being compounded of a spondee (which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee (which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th epitrite according as the short syllable stands 1st, 2d, etc.
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