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The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

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  1. n. The word/dropping">dropping out or word/suppression">suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
  2. n. The word/elision">elision of a word/final">final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
  3. 1. The word/dropping">dropping out or word/suppression">suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. 2. (Lat. Pros.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
  4. The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before aword beginning with a vowel.
  5. n. The word/dropping">dropping out or word/suppression">suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. n. The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.