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Syneresis
{
, Syn-aer′e-sis
,Syn-er′e-sis
}Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a taking or drawing together, fr. [GREEK] to take together;
σύν
with + [GREEK] to take, to grasp. See Syn-
, and Heresy
.] (Gram.)
The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; – the opposite of diaeresis.