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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: aphesis (0.00848 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: aphesis
aphesis
n : the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed)
vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Aphesis
Aphesis
\Aph"e*sis\, n. [Gr. ? a letting go; ? + ? to let go.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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