Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dropping or omission of a letter or syllable from the end of a word; abbreviation by apocope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
word formed by removing the end of a longer word
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἀπό (apo, "from, away from") + κόπτω (koptō, "to cut")
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Examples
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But it can't explain how he came up with something like this diabolical double whammy, a lyric that combines apocopation and internal rhyme -- in three-quarter time, no less.
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The jussive ya'aseh is without the usual apocopation ya'as.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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