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apocope
a·poc·o·pe [ ə pókəpee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
omission of end of word: the loss or omission of one or more sounds from the end of a word, e.g. the shortening of "kind of" to "kinda"
[Mid-16th century. Via late Latin< Greek apokopē "cutting off" < koptein "to cut"]

a·poc·o·pate [ ə pókə pàyt ] transitive verb
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