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Ode (ōd), n. [F., fr. L. ode, oda, Gr. ᾠδή a song, especially a lyric song, contr. fr. ἀοιδή, fr. ἀείδειν to sing; cf. Skr. vad to speak, sing.  Cf. Comedy, Melody, Monody.] A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

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    Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak.

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    O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode,

    And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton.

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    Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.

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