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Webster 1913 Edition
Aphetize
Aph′e-tize
,Verb.
T.
To shorten by aphesis.
These words . . . have been
aphetized
. New Eng. Dict.
Definition 2024
aphetize
aphetize
English
Verb
aphetize (third-person singular simple present aphetizes, present participle aphetizing, simple past and past participle aphetized)
- (transitive, linguistics) To shorten by aphesis.