The gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process;
Noun
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire'' for `esquire''
n.
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a
word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
Aphesis
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process;
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