Definition for PRO-CE-LEUS-MAT'IC

PRO-CE-LEUS-MAT'IC, a. [Gr. προκελευσματικος; προ, and κελευσμα, mandate, incitement.]

Inciting; animating; encouraging. This epithet is given to a metrical foot in poetry, consisting of four short syllables. – Johnson.

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