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Aphesis Moderate

Aphesis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'

2

The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.

See Also
aphetism aphetic apheses word loss aphetically initial aphetize
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
omission
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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