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Definition of "cadent" [ca•dent]

  • Having cadence or rhythm. (adjective)
  • Archaic Falling, as water or tears. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cadent" in a sentence
  • "You have begun now the Plotinian ascent from multiplicity to unity, and therefore begin to perceive in the Many the clear and actual presence of the One: the changeless and absolute Life, manifesting itself in all the myriad nascent, crescent, cadent lives."
  • "By this time the entire group were circling the house, and their wild shrill cadent song rose high and loud:'Ki--yi--yi--um--Ah! Ah! Ah! I--I--I!'"
  • "The third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses are cadent."