elide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb leave or strike out
    • This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant

WordNet

E*lide" transitive verb
Etymology
L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. élider. See Lesion.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Elided; present participle & verbal noun Eliding
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913