( n. )
A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago.
( n. )
A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012