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Definition of Apocopates
1. apocopate [v] - See also: apocopate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apocopates
Literary usage of Apocopates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Language of Chaucer's Troilus by George Lyman Kittredge (1894)
"... 2917 sire (first word in tlio line and followed by the usual vocative pause)
apocopates its -e (syr B). VIII. ..."
2. Observations on the Language of Chaucer's Troilus by George Lyman Kittredge (1894)
"Before consonante here apocopates its -e, which, however, is regularly written
except sometimes in D. For here (var. В heere ; D her), cf. ..."
3. Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature (1894)
"Before consonants here apocopates its -e, which, however, is regularly written
except sometimes in D. For here (var. В heere ; D her), cf. ..."
4. A History of Classical Philology from the Seventh Century, B.C. to the by Harry Thurston Peck (1911)
"... and apocopates and extends and stretches until Hermogenes in a sort of
half-skeptical admiration cries out, “Well, ..."