elide
Origin of elide
1Other words from elide
- un·e·lid·ed, adjective
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How to use elide in a sentence
The Soviet authorities honored survivors, even as the reality of their experiences was carefully elided.
Great Weekend Reads | Malcolm Jones, Matt Gallagher, Saul Austerlitz, Sharon Steel | September 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe accents seem to fall on She and have, the e in wold-e being elided.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerKoch would omit hit, for the sake of the metre; but it makes no difference at all, the e in thoghte being elided.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerPouerte can be pronounced povrt'; accented on the second syllable, and with the final e elided.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe h is nearly mute and frequently elided, as in ocola (ocol haa) to baptize.
The Maya Chronicles | Various
This shows a decline in the proportional duration of the elision as the total value of the measure elided increases.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for elide
/ (ɪˈlaɪd) /
phonetics to undergo or cause to undergo elision
Origin of elide
1Derived forms of elide
- elidible, adjective
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