elide

[ ih-lahyd ]

/ ɪˈlaɪd /

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verb (used with object), e·lid·ed, e·lid·ing.

to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.

to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over.

Law. to annul or quash.

RELATED WORDS

cancel, suppress, neglect, delete

Nearby words

Origin of elide

1585–95; < Latin ēlīdere to strike out, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + -līdere, combining form of laedere to wound

Related formsun·e·lid·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for elide

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
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
As described in the end notes, ellipses occasionally are used typographically to elide names.
Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2|Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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
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
And 'accompaning' still needs to elide the second 'a' to fit the metre.
Accolon of Gaul|Madison J. Cawein
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

British Dictionary definitions for elide

elide

/ (ɪˈlaɪd) /

verb

phonetics to undergo or cause to undergo elision

Derived Formselidible, adjective

Word Origin for elide

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

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Word Origin and History for elide

elide

1590s, a legal term, "to annul, do away with," from Middle French elider (16c.), from Latin elidere "strike out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -lidere, comb. form of laedere "to strike." Phonological sense is first recorded 1796. Related: Elided; eliding.