by-form

[bahy-fawrm]

by-form

[bahy-fawrm]
noun Linguistics.
a closely related and sometimes less frequent form, as spelt for spelled; variant.

Origin:
1885–90
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By-form is always a great word to know.
So is tone. Does it mean:
conforming to the rules of a language
a movement in pitch serving to distinguish two words otherwise composed of the same sounds
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by-form
 
n
a subsidiary or variant form

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