Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variant form of a word or morpheme, often one whose formation or development is obscure or unexpected.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A collateral or minor form.
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Examples
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Analogous to alliteration and perhaps to be classed as a by-form of it is the subtle use of the same sound in unstressed parts of neighboring words, as in --
The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum
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So for the present he was "gazing at her by himself" mishta'eh, Hithpael participle, durative, from the verb sha'ah a "by-form" of sha'ah.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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There is no more probability in the contention of Ewald, Dillmann, and others that the verbal stem, alah means "to be mighty": and is to regarded as a by-form of the stem alah; that, therefore, Eloah grows out of alah as El springs from alah.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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_Sib-ba-ri_ is, of course, not "mountain goats," as Langdon renders, but a by-form to _sibbiru_,
An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic Anonymous 1891
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The names themselves are not known before this, although Balthasar appears as a by-form of Belshazzar (Dan.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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