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aphesis

POS

Noun

TANDA HUBUNG

aph=e=sis

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun aphesis has 1 sense

aphesis(n = noun.process) Array - the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'; Array

is a kind of

deletion

omission

Derived form adjective aphetic₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

aphesis, 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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

aphesis, n. (pl. apheses) the gradual loss of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word (e.g. of e from esquire to form squire).

Derivative

aphetic adj. aphetically adv.

Etymology

Gk, = letting go (as APO-, hiemi send)