elided

Variant of elide

transitive verb elided, eliding

  1. to leave out; suppress, omit, or ignore
  2. to leave out or slur over (a vowel, syllable, etc.) in pronunciation

Origin: L elidere, to strike out < e-, out + laedere, to strike

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