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Aphaeresis

Aphaeresis Meaning & Definition
Aphaeresis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aphaeresis?

[n] (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aphaeresis: apheresis

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See Also | deletion | omission

Aphaeresis In Webster's Dictionary

\A*ph[ae]r"e*sis\ (?; 277), n. [L.] Same as {Apheresis}.

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