What is leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent called?
proclitic — Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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