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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
envoy2
 
SYLLABICATION:en·voy
PRONUNCIATION:  nvoi, n-
VARIANT FORMS: also en·voi
NOUN:1. A short closing stanza in certain verse forms, such as the ballade or sestina, dedicating the poem to a patron or summarizing its main ideas. 2. The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English envoie, from Old French, a sending away, conclusion, from envoier, to send. See envoy1.
 
 
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