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clis⋅is

  [klis-is]
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–noun Linguistics.
the act or process of becoming a clitic.
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clis·is   (klĭs'ĭs)   
n.  The process of making or becoming a clitic.

[Greek klisis, a leaning, from klīnein, to lean; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]
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