Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aphetic \A*phet"ic\, a. [Gr. ? letting go, fr. ? to let go.]
   Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the
   beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. --
   {A*phet"ic*al*ly}, adv. --New Eng. Dict.