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elide

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Verb (usu participle)
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e=lide

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb elide has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

elidev. t. [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. élider. See Lesion.].
  •  To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.  Hooker.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

elide, v.tr. omit (a vowel or syllable) by elision.

Etymology
L elidere elis- crush out (as E-, laedere knock)

THESAURUS

elide

abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, boil down, capsulize, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut out, cut short, deport, discount, dispose of, disregard, dock, eject, eliminate, epitomize, eradicate, exile, expatriate, expel, fail, foreshorten, forget, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, ignore, liquidate, mow, nip, omit, outlaw, overlook, pass, pick out, poll, pollard, prune, purge, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, remove, retrench, root out, root up, shave, shear, shorten, slight, snub, strike off, strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, throw over, throw overboard, trim, truncate, weed out
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