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Excerpt from Dictionnaire de la Langue Franoise, Ancienne Et Moderne, Vol. 2: E-O
Quand l'e pr'c'de un a dans une m'me filabe, ' il perd ordinairement fn propre fon, ce qui arrive dans tous les pr't'rits dans tous les participes des verbes dont l'infinitif fe termine en ger. Ainfi jugea manger: logeq jugeant mangeant logeant l'e ne fe prononce point n'y ell; mis qu'afin que le g fe prononce comme l'j confohne. Il faut dire la m'me chofe de l'e devant un a comme beau 'bapeau., &c. De m'me e avant uni teindre peindre feindre, la r'ferve de reine pleine veine haleine, mille autres o l'e fe prononce comme un e ferm'. Defm. Gram. [fr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
