Pros. [ad. Gr. ἀντίσπαστ-ος, f. ἀντισπά-ειν to draw in the contrary direction.] A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee, as Ἀλέξανδρος.
1706. Phillips, Antispastus.
1821. Edin. Rev., XXXV. 302. The lords of Antispast and friends to Double-dochmee.
