Thesaurus: elide

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1. v. t. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.
2. v. t. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.
3. v. leave or strike out
4. 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.
5. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; tosubject to elision.
6. v:100 v. leave or strike out