subaudition

From Latin subauditio (“the supplying of a word omitted”), from subaudire (“to supply a word omitted”), from sub (“under”) + audire (“to hear”).

subaudition (plural subauditions)

1. The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed.
2. That which is understood or supplied from that which is expressed.

• subaudi

• subaudition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• subaudition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• subaudition at OneLook Dictionary Search