Aphesis

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:50:51

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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