provection

English

Etymology

From Latin prōvectiō (“an advancement”), from prōvehō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈvɛkʃən/

Noun

provection (countable and uncountable, plural provections)

1. (linguistics) The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "nickname" for "an ekename".
2. (Celtic linguistics) Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “provection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• cover point