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Aphesis

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Noun

1. aphesis

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Aphesis

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noun
the gradual disappearance of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in squire from esquire

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Aphesis

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noun
loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word, a form of apheresis (Ex.: squire for esquire)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Aphesis

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n. pl. aph·e·ses (-sēz′)
The loss of an initial, usually unstressed vowel from a word, as in cute from acute.

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