aphesis

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Among phonetic changes which occur with more or less regularity are those called aphesis, epenthesis, epithesis, assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis, convenient terms which are less learned than they appear.

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  1. noun The loss of an initial, usually unstressed vowel, as in cute from acute.

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  • The Scots feck is actually an aphesis, or cropping, of the English word effect . —  The Word Detective
  • (Hebrew deror or debt cancellation) and release (Greek aphesis) from debt bondage. —  GlobalResearch.ca
  • The oratorio's text accordingly contained references to "breaking bonds asunder" and "casting away yokes," recalling the early Christian belief that the Messiah's reign would bring liberty (Hebrew deror or debt cancellation) and release (Greek aphesis) from debt bondage. —  Slugger O'Toole
  • Testament was +paresis+ preparing the way for the complete +aphesis+ of the New. —  History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology
  • Among phonetic changes which occur with more or less regularity are those called aphesis, epenthesis, epithesis, assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis, convenient terms which are less learned than they appear. —  The Romance of Names
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  1. Greek, a release, from aphīenai, aphe-, to let go : apo-, apo- + hīenai, to send; see diesis.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀφεσις, a letting go, let go, let loose, from ἁφιέναι, let go, send off, from ἀπό, off, + ίέναι, send.
 

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