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> aphetic
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> aphetic afe.tik, a.2 f. Gr. afet-oj (cf. sunetoj) vbl. adj. f.
> afienai (see aphesis) + -ic. Pertaining to, or resulting from,
> aphesis.
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>    * 1880 [see aphesis].
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>    * 1884 New Eng. Dict. s.v. A-, Many words with a- in one or other
>      of the preceding senses have aphetic forms with the a- lost, as
>      adown down, amid mid.
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>    * 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict., Tankerous, an aphetic form of
>      `cantankerous'.
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>    * 1959 N. & Q; CCIV. 434/2 Serued..may be merely an aphetic form
>      of OF. deservir.