anacrusis
noun
an·a·cru·sis ˌa-nə-ˈkrü-səs 
plural anacruses ˌa-nə-ˈkrü-ˌsēz
1
: one or more syllables at the beginning of a line of poetry that are regarded as preliminary to and not a part of the metrical pattern
2
: upbeat
specifically : one or more notes or tones preceding the first downbeat of a musical phrase
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin & Greek; New Latin, borrowed from Greek anákrousis, ánkrousis "act of pushing back, beginning of a song," noun derivative (with the suffix -sis -sis), from anakroúein "to push back, strike up, begin (a melody)," from ana- ana- + kroúein "to strike, knock, play," going back to Indo-European *kreu̯s- "strike," whence also Lithuanian krùšti "to crush, trample," Old Church Slavic krušiti "to smash"
First Known Use
1763, in the meaning defined at sense 2
- prevailed over
- prevailed upon
- prevailers
- prevailing
- prevailing (on or upon)
- prevailing (over)
- prevailing (upon)
- prevailing on
- prevailing on or upon
- prevailing over
- prevailing upon
- prevailing westerlies
- prevailing wind
- prevailingly
- prevailingness
- prevailingnesses
- prevailment
- prevails
- prevails (on or upon)
- prevails (over)
- prevails (upon)
- prevails on
- prevails on or upon
- prevails over
- prevails upon