elide

First recorded in 1530–50; from Latin ēlīdere “to strike out,” equivalent to ē- “out, out of; away” + -līdere, combining form of laedere “to wound”; see e-¹

OTHER WORDS FROM elide

un·e·lid·ed, adjective

Words nearby elide

Eliade, Elias, eliche, elicit, elicitation, elide, eligible, eligible paper, Elihu, Elijah, Elijah Muhammad

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How to use elide in a sentence

The “last boots on the ground” message elides that truth, tempting us to believe that war is still a symmetrical contest among men, not a battle fought on one side with machines and money, and on the other with terror and zealotry.
The viral photo of the last soldier in Afghanistan is powerful — and that’s why it’s deceptive|Philip Kennicott|August 31, 2021|Washington Post
It also elides the role the Founders played in preserving slavery and constructing the institutional racial inequality that persists to the present day.
’1776’ — not ‘Hamilton’ — is the musical that best portrays the Founders|Zachary Clary|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
That the NSF should be reformed by cutting its budget 10 percent, eliding studies like the cocaine quail.
The various dishonesties in Rand Paul’s cocaine-quail presentation|Philip Bump|May 28, 2021|Washington Post
Those who want real representation for conservative populism in the Senate deserve someone who will take them seriously, not hide behind phony anti-woke posturing to elide them.
J.D. Vance’s Senate hopes reveal the problem with performative populism|Greg Sargent|March 19, 2021|Washington Post

It can be tempting to make that belonging straightforward, to elide differences and emphasize the ways I am like my loved ones.
I Didn't Consider My Marriage Interracial. But I Wasn't Being Totally Honest With Myself|Naima Coster|March 4, 2021|Time
Worst of all, they elide the obvious point that all revolts fluctuate between periods of progress and regression.
Defeating the Arab Spring Syndrome of Self-Defeat|Talal Alyan|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His two-hour photos of movies being screened elide the films they pretend to reveal.
Sugimoto, Hermes and the Old Scarf Illusion|Blake Gopnik|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What seems to elide both is that the United States is no longer the axis around which the global economy revolves.
America's Corporate Tax Fiasco||May 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Why elide the fact that Sarah Palin is a darling of Fox News, the highest-rated cable-news network in America?
Sarah Palin's Media Mafia|Conor Friedersdorf|July 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Would it not be possible for the more delicate readers of my otherwise inoffensive narrative to elide the word?
The Cruise of the Shining Light|Norman Duncan
Hence there is no need to elide a vowel at the caesura; it must therefore be sounded clearly.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes|Geoffrey Chaucer
As described in the end notes, ellipses occasionally are used typographically to elide names.
Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Words which do not end in e, rarely elide a final vowel, and never the last syllable.
The Mafulu|Robert W. Williamson
I call it unchivalrous because it has been known to elide eulogies of enemy decency and enemy valour.
The Better Germany in War Time|Harold Picton

British Dictionary definitions for elide

elide

/ (ɪˈlaɪd) /

verb

phonetics to undergo or cause to undergo elision

Derived forms of elide

elidible, adjective

Word Origin for elide

C16: from Latin ēlīdere to knock, from laedere to hit, wound

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