Apocope

//__Apocope __//


 * Definition:: ** the loss of one or more sounds or letters at the end of a word (as in //sing// from Old English //singan//)

First Known Use: circa 1550
 * Origin:: ** Late Latin, from Greek //apokopē,// literally, cutting off, from //apokoptein// to cut off, from //apo-// + //koptein// to cut


 * See also:: **abbreviation

Definition taken from dictionary.com/apocope


 * Example ** from the text:

1) An example of this word is in 46 Local written by John Lynch, the character is on the bus heading towards his IT job (information technology).

> (William Shakespeare, //Hamlet//, Act I, scene 2)
 * Internet Examples:**
 * "Season your admiration for a while with an //attent// ear."

> (Thomas Pyles and John Algeo, //The Origins and Development of the English Language//. Harcourt, 1982) (examples taken from grammar.about.com)
 * "Loss of sounds from the end of a word is known as **apocope**, as in the pronunciation of//child// as //chile//."

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