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Enclitical
{
En-clit′ic
(ĕn-klĭt′ĭk)
, En-clit′ic-al
(ĕn-klĭt′ĭ-kal)
, } Adj.
[L. ]
encliticus
, Gr. ἐγκλίτικος
, fr. ἐγκλίνειν
to incline; ἐν
in + κλίνειν
to bend. See In
, and Lean
, Verb.
I.
(Gram.)
Affixed; subjoined; – said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.