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What is the adjective for aphesis?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb aphetize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

aphetic
  1. (phonology) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
  2. (astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The word scape is defined as an aphetic form of the common word escape, meaning a primitive usage with a missing first vowel or syllable.”
      “The name Turney, well known in Nottingham, is from the town of Tournay, or is aphetic for attorney.”
aphetized
  1. (linguistics) Having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel.
aphetizing
  1. present participle of aphetize
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