ALL meanings of aphesis
aph·e·sis
A a - noun aphesis the gradual disappearance of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in squire from esquire 3
- noun aphesis loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word, a form of apheresis (Ex.: squire for esquire) 3
- noun aphesis the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in the formation of the word slant from aslant. 1
- noun aphesis The loss of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word (e.g., of a from around to form round ). 1
- noun aphesis (linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word. 0