rove-over

[ rohv-oh-ver ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Prosody.

(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.

rove-over

prosody (in sprung rhythm) denoting a metrical foot left incomplete at the end of one line and completed in the next

In a moment his interested eyes would rove over the crowd again.

The nations who rove over the western prairies, inscribe them on the skins of the buffalo.

He looked at it between caked lids and let his eyes rove over and over its rare beauties.

Slowly he let his eyes rove over the throng, brilliant in costume, exuding the indefinable aroma of power and luxury.

Vagrant Sam-Slicks, who rove over the Earth doing 'strokes of trade,' what wealth have they?

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