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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.