- cadence⇄cadence, noun, verb, -denced,-dencing.
- cadence⇄noun 1. the measure or beat of music, dancing, or any movement regularly repeating itself; rhythm.
Ex. The constant cadence of the surf lulled us to sleep. Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line (John Dryden).
2. a fall of - cadence⇄v.t. to put into cadence.
Ex. Empedocles ... cadenced his great work on Nature in the same sonorous verse (John Addington Symonds).