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Synalepha
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Synalepha'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/synalepha.html. 1828.