Bible Dictionaries
Ecthlipsis
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
(2):
(n.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ecthlipsis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/ecthlipsis.html. 1828.