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Synalepha
Merging adjacent vowels across word-boundary into one metrical syllable, especially in Romance scansion. Not synaeresis as within-word vowel join, and not elision as drop alone.
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Merging adjacent vowels across word-boundary into one metrical syllable, especially in Romance scansion. Not synaeresis as within-word vowel join, and not elision as drop alone.