pro|clit|ic

pro|clit|ic
pro|clit|ic «proh KLIHT ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
(of a word) so closely connected with a following word as to have no independent accent.
–n.
a proclitic word. In the following example to is a proclitic word: »

to see and to do.

[< New Latin procliticus < Greek proklīnein bend forward; patterned on Greek enklitikós enclitic]
pro|clit´i|cal|ly, adverb.

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