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ekphore

ekphore is the alternative form of ecphore.

Meaning of ecphore

Verb

ecphore (third-person singular simple present ecphores, present participle ecphoring, simple past and past participle ecphored)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To activate a latent engram as part of memory retrieval.
    • By this I mean that, if a subject had e.g. learnt a series A—B—C, etc., and if B was given in the examination, instead of endeavouring to 'ecphore' any related member (i.e. A or C) impartially, the subject more or less unconsciously set his attention in the forward direction […]1912, Psychological Laboratory, University of London, University College Collected Papers, volume III, via Google Books, retrieved 30 Aug 2026

Forms of ekphore

third-person singular presentekphores
present participleekphoring
past participleekphored
pastekphored

Questions about ekphore

What is ekphore the alternative form of?
Ekphore is the alternative form of ecphore.

Words near ekphore in the dictionary

  1. ekontings
  2. EKOs
  3. Ekoti
  4. Ekpe
  5. Ekpes
  6. ekphore
  7. ekphored
  8. ekphores
  9. ekphoria
  10. ekphorias
  11. ekphoring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ekphore (page history and authors); ecphore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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