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   Ode , 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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