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(1):

(a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.

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(n.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hexameter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hexameter.html. 1828.
 
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