elide

[ih-lahyd]

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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.

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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Related Words for elided

cancel, suppress, neglect, delete

Examples from the Web for elided

Historical Examples of elided

The vowel is elided in some cases, and coalesces with another vowel in others.
A Handbook of the Cornish Language
Henry Jenner
The -e in fairest-e is not elided; neither is the -e in wist-e in l. 745.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7)
Geoffrey Chaucer
The final e in fled-de is not elided, owing to the pause after it.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems
Geoffrey Chaucer
But even in the matter of elided consonants American is not always the conservator.
The American Language
Henry L. Mencken
At times a vowel is elided; or rather but faintly touched by the voice.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari
James S. De Benneville

British Dictionary definitions for elided

elide

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 elided

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.