by-form

by-form
n. a collateral form of a word etc.

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a parallel and sometimes less important form

certain expressions have slurred and shortened by-forms in which the phonetic pattern is lost — Leonard Bloomfield

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/buy"fawrm'/, n. Ling.
a closely related and sometimes less frequent form, as spelt for spelled; variant.
[1885-90]

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byˈ-form noun
1. A subsidiary form
2. A form varying from the usual one
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Main Entry:by

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n. a secondary form of a word

historically, "inquire" is a by-form of "enquire."


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