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orthography

or.thog.ra.phy \o.r-'tha:g-r*-fe-\ n [ME ortografie, fr. MF, fr. L 
   orthographia, fr. Gk, fr. orth-] + graphein to write - more at CARVE 1a: 
   the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard  
   usage 1b: the representation of the sounds of a language by written or 
   printed sy mbols 2: a part of language study that deals with letters and 
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