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fugue

fugue \'fyu:g\ \'fyu:-g*st\ n [prob. fr. It fuga flight, fugue, fr. L, 
   flight, fr. fugere] : a polyphonic musical composition in which one or two 
   themes are imitated  by successively entering voices and contrapuntally 
   developed - fugue vb