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Aphesis

nounid 12844·updated May 18, 2026
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the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'

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Variants

plural
Aphesises
possessive
Aphesis's
pluralpossessive
Aphesises'

Framework definitions

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

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