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Apocopation

A-pocˊo-pa′tion

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Noun.
Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

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apocopation

apocopation

English

Noun

apocopation (plural apocopations)

  1. (linguistics) A word formed by removing the end of a longer word

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