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elide.

To leave out or omit (something).

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪˈlaɪd/
  1. To leave out or omit (something).

  2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.

  3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

Where this word comes from

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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