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Webster 1913 Edition

Aphetic

A-phet′ic

,

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] letting go, fr. [GREEK] to let go.]

Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word;

as, an

aphetic

word or form

.

–

A-phet′ic-al-ly

,

adv.

New Eng. Dict.