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Meaning of APHAERESIS
Pronunciation:
u'ferisis
WordNet Dictionary
Definition:
[n] (
linguistics
)
omission
at
the
beginning
of
a
word
as
in
`
coon
'
for
`
raccoon
'
or
`
till
'
for
`
until
'
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Synonyms:
apheresis
See Also:
deletion
,
omission
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition:
\
A
*
ph
[
ae
]
r
"
e
*
sis
\ (?; 277),
n
. [
L
.]
Same
as
{
Apheresis
}.
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