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Aphaeresis Or Apheresis (Uh-fehr-uh-sus)
For Aphaeresis Or Apheresis (Uh-fehr-uh-sus) we have a term and definition in Poetry.
Aphaeresis Or Apheresis (Uh-fehr-uh-sus) (Poetry) 
A type of elision in which a letter or syllable is omitted at the beginning of a word, as 'twas for it was.
(Compare Apocope, Syncope, Synaeresis, Synaloepha)
(See also Aphesis)
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