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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

AE \[AE]\ or Ae \Ae\
A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon
writers. It corresponds to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short
[ae] was generally replaced by a, the long [=ae] by e or ee.
In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly
superseded by e. For most words found with this initial
combination, the reader will therefore search under the
letter E.
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