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SYNALEPHA
Etymology
Noun
synalepha (countable and uncountable, plural synalephas)
The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.
Source: Wiktionary
Syn`a*le"pha, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synaloepha.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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