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synaeresis

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Synaeresis  \Syn*[ae]r"e*sis\,  Syneresis  \Syn*er"e*sis\,  n.  [NL., 
  fr  Gr  ?  a  taking  or  drawing  together,  fr  ?  to  take 
  together;  sy`n  with  +  ?  to  take  to  grasp.  See  {Syn-},  and 
  {Heresy}.]  (Gram.) 
  The  union,  or  drawing  together  into  one  syllable,  of  two 
  vowels  that  are  ordinarily  separated  in  syllabification; 
  synecphonesis;  --  the  opposite  of  di[ae]resis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  synaeresis 
  n  1:  the  contraction  of  two  vowels  into  a  diphthong  [syn:  {syneresis}] 
  2:  the  separation  of  liquid  from  a  gel  that  is  caused  by 
  contraction  (as  in  cheese  making)  [syn:  {syneresis}]




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