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A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.

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  1. n. A word/contraction">contraction of word/syllables">syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.
  2. A word/contraction">contraction of word/syllables">syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synaloepha.]
  3. A word/contraction">contraction of word/syllables">syllables by suppressing some vowel ordiphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong;as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synaloepha.]
  4. n. A word/contraction">contraction of word/syllables">syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.