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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aphetic \A*phet"ic\, adjective [Gr. ? letting go, fr. ? to let go.] Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. -- {A*phet"ic*al*ly}, adverb --New Eng. Dict.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aphetic
adjective: produced by aphesis
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