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aphaeresis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aphaeresis \A*ph[ae]r"e*sis\ (?; 277), n. [L.] Same as {Apheresis}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aphaeresis n : (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [syn: {apheresis}]
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