aphetize

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb aphetize is

to shorten by aphesis.

As a verb aphetize

is to shorten by aphesis.

As an adjective aphetized is

(linguistics|of a word) having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel.

In lang=en terms the difference between athetize and aphetize

is that athetize is to reject a passage of text as spurious while aphetize is to shorten by aphesis.

As verbs the difference between athetize and aphetize

is that athetize is to reject a passage of text as spurious while aphetize is to shorten by aphesis.

As verbs the difference between aphetize and appetize

is that aphetize is to shorten by aphesis while appetize is (rare) to whet the appetite.