PHONOCAMP'TIC, adjective [Gr. sound, and to inflect.] Having the power to inflect sound, or turn it from its direction, and thus to alter it.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PHONOCAMP'TIC, adjective [Gr. sound, and to inflect.] Having the power to inflect sound, or turn it from its direction, and thus to alter it.
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