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doc Definition of aphesis
    English to English
    noun
  • the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
  • source: Webster 1913
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