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Alexaˊndrine [with Poets]
Alexaˊndrine [with Poets] a Metre that consists of two Syllables more than the common Heroic or Pentameter;
as
The same the Fate of Arms and Arts you’ll find,
They rose with equal Pace, with equal Pace declin’d.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Aisiameˊnta *
Aˊlgebra