Defenition of the word aphesis

• Defenition of the word aphesis

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

Hypernyms for the word aphesis

• • deletion
  • omission

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• • What is aphaeretic
  • The definition of apheresis
  • The interpretation of the word aphaeresis
  • What is meant by apgar score
  • The lexical meaning apex of the sun's way
  • The dictionary meaning of the word solar apex
  • The grammatical meaning of the word apetalous flower
  • Meaning of the word petalless
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word apery
  • The origin of the word aphetic
  • Synonym for the word aphididae
  • Antonyms for the word family aphididae
  • Homonyms for the word aphidoidea
  • Hyponyms for the word superfamily aphidoidea
  • Holonyms for the word aphid lion
  • Hypernyms for the word aphis lion
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word aphis
  • Translation of the word in other languages genus aphis