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ode

ode \'o-d\ n [MF or LL; MF, fr. LL, fr. Gk o-ide-, lit., song, fr. 
   aeidein], aidein to sing; akin to Gk aude-voice, OHG farwa-zan to deny : a 
   lyric poem usu. marked by exaltation of feeling and style, varying len gth 
   of line, and complexity of stanza forms