Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Following the accent or accented syllable.

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Examples

  • First of all is the forceful utterance of the stressed syllable; the Provencal has post-tonic syllables, unlike the sister-speech.

    Frederic Mistral Downer, Charles A 1901

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