(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:26:05

E*pen"the*sis (?), n.; pl. Epentheses (#). [L., fr. Gr. ; + to put or set in.] Gram.

The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n&emac;mol.

 

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