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Elide

Elide Meaning & Definition
Elide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elide?

[v] leave or strike out, as of vowels

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elide:

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See Also | except | exclude | leave off | leave out | omit | take out

Elide In Webster's Dictionary

\E*lide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eliding}.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. ['e]lider. See {Lesion}.] 1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.] --Hooker. 2. (Gram.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

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