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Ecthlipsis

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(n.) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

(2):

(n.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ecthlipsis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/ecthlipsis.html. 1828.
 
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