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from The Century Dictionary.
- In grammar, characterized by apheresis; shortened by the omission of the first syllable: thus, vantage is the apheretic form of
advantage .
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
aphæretic .
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- adjective relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis
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