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Definition of presa - 1 dictionary result

pre⋅sa

  [prey-suh; It. pre-zah]
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–noun, plural -se  [-sey; It. -ze] .
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
Origin:
1715–25; < It: lit., a taking up, fem. of preso, ptp. of prendere to take < L prehendere to seize; see prehension
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