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ecthlipsis
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ecthlipsis, n. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to squeeze out.].
- The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. [1913 Webster]
- The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. [1913 Webster]
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