Elide : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Elide	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Elide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elide v leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elide \Elide"\, 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. [82]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.