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APHESIS
aphesis
(noun) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in ‘squire’ for ‘esquire’
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aphesis (countable and uncountable, plural apheses)
(linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
Synonyms
• procope
Antonyms
• prothesis (addition of the beginning of a word)
• apocope (omission at the end of a word)
Hypernyms
• apheresis
Anagrams
• saphies
Source: Wiktionary
Aph"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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