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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Anacrusis \An'a*cru"sis\, noun [Gr. ?, fr. ? to push up or back; ? + ? to strike.] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
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