rove-over
(in sprung rhythm) of or relating to the completion of a metrical foot, incomplete at the end of one line, with a syllable or syllables from the beginning of the next line.
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How to use rove-over in a sentence
In a moment his interested eyes would rove over the crowd again.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe nations who rove over the western prairies, inscribe them on the skins of the buffalo.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftHe looked at it between caked lids and let his eyes rove over and over its rare beauties.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary AntinSlowly he let his eyes rove over the throng, brilliant in costume, exuding the indefinable aroma of power and luxury.
Thirty | Howard Vincent O'BrienVagrant Sam-Slicks, who rove over the Earth doing 'strokes of trade,' what wealth have they?
Past and Present | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for rove-over
prosody (in sprung rhythm) denoting a metrical foot left incomplete at the end of one line and completed in the next
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