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apocope

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Noun
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a=poc=o=pe

CIDE DICTIONARY

apocopen. [L., fr. Gr. a cutting off, fr. to cut off; from + to cut.].
  •  The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A cutting off; abscission.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apocope, n. the omission of a letter or letters at the end of a word as a morphological development (e.g. in the derivation of curio).

Etymology
LL f. Gk apokope (as APO-, kopto cut)

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