English Dictionary

haplologize

verb

(intransitive) To undergo haplology. / (transitive) To shorten by haplology.

Some languages haplologize certain repeated sounds or syllables.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To undergo haplology.

In neither instance is more than one possessive 's manifested (*McMug's's); the predicted two suffixes haplologize to a single instance of 's.

意味（2）

(transitive) To shorten by haplology.

A number of IE languages show a tendency to haplologize sequences of the type *-sVs- to *-s-,