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Traditional English :: aphesis
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aphesis.html - 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). aphetic adj. aphetically adv. [Gk, = letting go (as APO-, hiemi send)] |
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Traditional English :: aphesis
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aphesis.html - 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). aphetic adj. aphetically adv. [Gk, = letting go (as APO-, hiemi send)] |
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Traditional English :: aphelion
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aphesis.html - (pl. aphelia) the point in a body's orbit where it is furthest from the sun (opp. PERIHELION). Symb.: Q. [Graecized f. mod.L aphelium f. Gk aph' heliou from the sun] |
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Traditional English :: aphesis
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aphesis.html - 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). aphetic adj. aphetically adv. [Gk, = letting go (as APO-, hiemi send)] |
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Traditional English :: aphaeresis
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aphesis.html - n. (pl. aphaereses) the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word as a morphological development (e.g. in the derivation of adder). [LL f. Gk aphairesis (as APO-, haireo take)] |
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Traditional English :: aphasia
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aphesis.html - n. Med. the loss of ability to understand or express speech, owing to brain damage. aphasic adj. & n. [mod.L f. Gk f. aphatos speechless f. a- not + pha- speak] |
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