elide

elide
transitive verb (elided; eliding) Etymology: Latin elidere to strike out, from e- + laedere to injure by striking Date: 1796 1. a. to suppress or alter (as a vowel or syllable) by elision b. to strike out (as a written word) 2. a. to leave out of consideration ; omit b. curtail, abridge

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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