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elide
[ ih-lahyd ]
/ ÉŖĖlaÉŖd /
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verb (used with object), eĀ·lidĀ·ed, eĀ·lidĀ·ing.
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Origin of elide
First recorded in 1530ā50; from Latin ÄlÄ«dere āto strike out,ā equivalent to Ä- āout, out of; awayā + -lÄ«dere, combining form of laedere āto woundā; see e-1
OTHER WORDS FROM elide
unĀ·eĀ·lidĀ·ed, adjectiveWords nearby elide
Eliade, Elias, eliche, elicit, elicitation, elide, eligible, eligible paper, Elihu, Elijah, Elijah Muhammad
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British Dictionary definitions for elide
elide
/ (ÉŖĖlaÉŖd) /
verb
phonetics to undergo or cause to undergo elision
Derived forms of elide
elidible, adjectiveWord Origin for elide
C16: from Latin ÄlÄ«dere to knock, from laedere to hit, wound
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