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elide

[ ih-lahyd ]

verb (used with object)

, e·lid·ed, e·lid·ing.
  1. to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
  2. to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over.
  3. Law. to annul or quash.


elide

/ ɪˈlaɪd /

verb

  1. phonetics to undergo or cause to undergo elision


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Derived Forms

  • eˈlidible, adjective

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Other Words From

  • une·lided adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of elide1

First recorded in 1530–50; from Latin ēlīdere “to strike out,” equivalent to ē- “out, out of; away” + -līdere, combining form of laedere “to wound”; e- 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of elide1

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

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Example Sentences

Worst of all, they elide the obvious point that all revolts fluctuate between periods of progress and regression.

His two-hour photos of movies being screened elide the films they pretend to reveal.

What seems to elide both is that the United States is no longer the axis around which the global economy revolves.

Why elide the fact that Sarah Palin is a darling of Fox News, the highest-rated cable-news network in America?

Would it not be possible for the more delicate readers of my otherwise inoffensive narrative to elide the word?

Hence there is no need to elide a vowel at the caesura; it must therefore be sounded clearly.

As described in the end notes, ellipses occasionally are used typographically to elide names.

Words which do not end in e, rarely elide a final vowel, and never the last syllable.

I call it unchivalrous because it has been known to elide eulogies of enemy decency and enemy valour.

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