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[ ih-lahyd ] / ɪˈlaɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR elide ON THESAURUS.COM
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 elide1585–95; <Latin ēlīdere to strike out, equivalent to ē-e-1 + -līdere, combining form of laedere to wound OTHER WORDS FROM elideun·e·lid·ed, adjectiveWords nearby elideEliade, Elias, eliche, elicit, elicitation, elide, eligible, eligible paper, Elihu, Elijah, Elijah Muhammad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for elideWorst 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
verbphonetics to undergo or cause to undergo elision Derived forms of elideelidible, adjectiveWord Origin for elideC16: from Latin ēlīdere to knock, from laedere to hit, wound Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to elidecancel, suppress, neglect, delete, pass over |