crasis
crasis is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Gram.) A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; synæresis; as, cogo for coago.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absorb
- absorption
- admission
- admit
- alloy
- amalgam
- amalgamate
- amalgamation
- blend
- blending
- build
- cement
- centralization
- centralize
- class
- coalesce
- coalescence
- combination
- combine
- combined
- component
- compose
- composed
- composition
- compound
- comprehend
- comprehension
- consist
- consolidate
- constitute
- constitution
- contain
- drag
- embodiment
- embody
- embrace
- enter
- fill
- form
- formation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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