demorify

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verb

To make nonmoraic; to remove a mora from something.

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Meanings

verbdemorify (third-person singular simple present demorifies, present participle demorifying, simple past and past participle demorified)

present singular third person demorifies · participle present demorifying · participle past demorified · past demorified

  1. human sciencesTo make nonmoraic; to remove a mora from something.

    If the moraic trochee is maintained, it is necessary to say that refooting applies once footing has demorified the lengthening coda consonants.

    2011, Mirco Ghini, Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola, page 134

Origin

From de- + mora + -ify.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

remodify
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Chicago

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