adjective
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having cadence; rhythmic
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archaic falling; descending
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Etymology
Origin of cadent
1580–90; < Latin cadent-, (stem of cadēns falling, present participle of cadere ), equivalent to cad- fall + -ent- -ent
Example Sentences
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I saw no horses, no sign of life; heard no sound but the cadent wail of the ash-grey birds in their flights.
From Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by De la Mare, Walter
O, listen to the undersong, The ever old, the ever young; And, far within those cadent pauses, The chorus of the ancient Causes!
From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Our ears attuned to thy sweet lay Catch every flowing, cadent note And bear it ever safe within Our rapturous hearts, which gladly leap Whene'er thy name is called!
From The Sylvan Cabin A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln and Other Verse by Jones, Edward Smyth
A mighty undertone of mingled sound; The cadent tumult rising from a throng Of urban workers, blending in a song Of greater life that makes the pulses bound.
From The California Birthday Book by Various
It cast a cadent spray high to the heavens.
From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham
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