aphetize

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English

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Etymology

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aphesis or aphetic +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aphetize (third-person singular simple present aphetizes, present participle aphetizing, simple past and past participle aphetized)

  1. (transitive, linguistics) To shorten by aphesis.

Anagrams

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