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fortition

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for⋅ti⋅tion

  [fawr-tish-uhn]
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–noun
1. Phonetics. a phonological process that strengthens consonant articulation at the beginnings of syllables, causing devoicing or the formation of stops.
2. Linguistics. a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological fortition.
Origin:
fort(is) + -ition, on the model of lenition
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