Eliding

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