elide

Pronunciation: /ɪˈlaɪd/

The English word “elide” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To leave out or omit (something).
To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

Etymology

From Latin ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).

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