the grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds

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We said at first breāk fâst—“I broke fast at such an hour this morning:” he, or they, who first ventured to say I breakfasted were guilty of as heinous a violation of grammatical rule as he would be who should now declare I takedinnered, instead of I took dinner; but good usage came over to their side and ratified the blunder, because the community were minded to give a specific name to their earliest meal and to the act of partaking of it, and therefore converted the collocation breākfâst into the real compound brĕakfast.

the grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds

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    the group·ing or jux·ta·po·si·tion of things, es·pe·cial·ly words or sounds

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