Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
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Same as Apheresis.
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The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
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The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
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The act of castrating.
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The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.
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Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues whi…
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The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
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The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
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of Expunge
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The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
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of Edit
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Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
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The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
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The act of removing; removal.
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The act of removing, or the state of being removed.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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of Cut
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The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
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The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
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