What does pausation mean?
Pausation means (formal) A pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(formal) A pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry..
Watches the spaces between letters and words; gives special attention to pausations. The habit of beginning and ending letters correctly is more pronounced than in the previous grade.
Wagner, with more prudence than Servius, leaves the pausation, and with the pausation the cadence and symmetry of the verse, as he found it; […]
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Pausation means (formal) A pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry..
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Watches the spaces between letters and words; gives special attention to pausations. The habit of beginning and ending letters correctly is more pronounced than in the previous grade.
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