Proclitic

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:15:08

Pro*clit"ic (?), a. [Gr. to lean forward; forward + to lean or incline. Cf. Enclitic.] Gr. Gram.

Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

 

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