Elide

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elide \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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Gram.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the
        final one; to subject to elision.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elide
       v : leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a
           single consonant"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "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