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单词 lenition
释义 lenition
 /li nish"euhn/,  n.  
  1.  Phonet.   a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
  2.  Ling.   a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition.
 [1535-45 for obs. sense "mitigation, assuaging"; 1910-15 for current senses; < L lenit(us) (ptp. of lenire to soften; see LENIS, -ITE2) + -ION]
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