(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:50:51

A*phet"ic (#), a. [Gr. letting go, fr. 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.

 

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