Definition of Crases
Cra"sis (kr?"s?s), n. [LL.,
temperament, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to mix.]
1. (Med.) A mixture of constituents,
as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
2. (Gram.) A contraction of two
vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one
long vowel, or into a diphthong; synæresis; as, cogo
for coago.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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