Aphaeresis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of apheresis. Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in ‘coon’ for ‘raccoon’ or ‘till’ for ‘until’ wordnet

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apheresisapocope

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"Polysynthesis is a method of word-building, applicable either to nominals or verbals, which not only employs juxtaposition with aphaeresis, syncope, apocope, etc., but also words, forms of words and significant phonetic elements which have no separate existence apart from such compounds."

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