Melody: alternatives and connections

A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

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To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

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A gliding effect; gliding.

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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See Leading motive, under Leading, a.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.

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A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

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A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.

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Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

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Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

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Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes.

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Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes.

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A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Flax; linen.

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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A sound; a note; a tone.

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