spondaize

• Verbe vieilli ou rare signifiant composer ou écrire en vers spondaïques, ou employer des spondées dans la poésie.

An obsolete verb meaning to compose or write in spondaic verse, or to use spondees in poetry.

1. Make spondaicC2formal

   To convert a line of verse or a metrical foot into a spondee, which consists of two long or stressed syllables.

   Transformer en spondée

   • The poet chose to spondaize the final line for emphasis.
   • In his revision, he spondaized several iambic feet.
   • She attempted to spondaize the verse to create a heavier rhythm.