REFRAIN


Meaning of REFRAIN in English

n. 1 a recurring phrase or number of lines, esp. at the ends of stanzas. 2 the music accompanying this.

[ ME f. OF refrain (earlier refrait) ult. f. L refringere (as RE-, frangere break), because the refrain 'broke' the sequence ]

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