Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aphetic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aphetic \A*phet"ic\, a. [Gr. ? letting go, fr. ? to let go.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aphetic
adj : produced by aphesis
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