rove-over

[ rohv-oh-ver ]

adjectiveProsody.
  1. (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 Atherton
  • The nations who rove over the western prairies, inscribe them on the skins of the buffalo.

    The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • He looked at it between caked lids and let his eyes rove over and over its rare beauties.

    Atlantic Narratives | Mary Antin
  • Slowly he let his eyes rove over the throng, brilliant in costume, exuding the indefinable aroma of power and luxury.

    Thirty | Howard Vincent O'Brien
  • Vagrant 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

rove-over

adjective
  1. 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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