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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APHETIC

A *phet "ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

 

Defn: 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.