Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROS'THE-SIS, or PROTH'E-SIS
PROS'THE-SIS, or PROTH'E-SISPROS-THET'IC
PROS'THE-SIS, or PROTH'E-SIS, n.2
In grammar, a figure consisting in prefixing one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as be-loved.
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