Usually means: Omission of initial sound, syllable.
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  1. aphetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. aphetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aphetic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. aphetic: Vocabulary.com
  5. aphetic: Wordnik
  6. aphetic: Wiktionary
  7. aphetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Aphetic, aphetic: Dictionary.com
  9. aphetic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Aphetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. aphetic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. aphetic: Rhymezone
  13. Aphetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. aphetic: FreeDictionary.org
  15. aphetic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Aphetic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (aphetic)

adjective:  (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
adjective:  (astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.

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