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morph1 definition

morph (môrf)

noun

  1. Linguis. allomorph (sense )
  2. a representation of an occurrence of a morpheme
  3. a sequence of phonemes isolated from surrounding sequences but not yet assigned to a particular morpheme

Etymology: < Gr morphē, form

morph2 definition

morph (môrf)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to transform or be transformed as by morphing

Etymology: < (meta)morph(osis)

morph3 definition

morph

morphology

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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