SYNALE'PHA, noun [Gr.] In grammar, a contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as ill' ego for ille ego.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.