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Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A shortened old spelling of amazed, meaning surprised or astonished.

Detailed Definition
This is an archaic poetic spelling that compresses the modern word amazed. Keats uses it in a scene of forest echo and surprise, where the old spelling helps the poem sound older and more ballad-like.
Example
Example in poetry:
The child stood amaz'd to hear the forest answer back; “Amaz'd” preserves an older spelling and pronunciation in historical verse; Amaz'd, the sailor watched the moon pour silver on the mast; The archaic form can lend a poem a deliberately old-fashioned music
Additional Notes
The apostrophe spelling in "amaz'd" is an old poetic form that modern readers may not immediately recognize.; Found in the poem, Robin Hood by John Keats
Also Known As
astonished amazed awestruck wonderstruck
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