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Definition of: provection
(prō·vek′shən) noun Ling.
A transfer of the final consonant of one word to the beginning of the next word, as in a newt, the old form of which was an ewt. [<LL provectio, -onis <provectus, pp. of provehere advance <pro- forward + vehere carry]
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