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e⋅lide

  [i-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.
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Origin:
1585–95; < L ēlīdere to strike out, equiv. to ē- e- + -līdere, comb. form of laedere to wound
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e·lide   (ĭ-līd')   
tr.v.   e·lid·ed, e·lid·ing, e·lides

    1. To omit or slur over (a syllable, for example) in pronunciation.

    2. To strike out (something written).

    3. To eliminate or leave out of consideration.

    4. To cut short; abridge.

    1. To eliminate or leave out of consideration.

    2. To cut short; abridge.


[Latin ēlīdere, to strike out : ē-, ex-, ex- + laedere, to strike.]
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Word Origin & History

elide 
1593, a legal term, "to annul, do away with," from M.Fr. elider, from L. elidere "strike out," from ex- "out" + -lidere, comb. form of laedere "to strike." Phonological sense is first recorded 1796.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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