'Elide' definitions:
Definition of 'elide'
From: WordNet
verb
Leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
Definition of 'Elide'
From: GCIDE
- Elide \E*lide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elided; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliding.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. ['e]lider. See Lesion.]
- 1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elide'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- bob,
- boil down,
- capsulize,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- chuck,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- clip,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crop,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- deport,
- discount,
- dispose of,
- disregard,
- dock,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- epitomize,
- eradicate,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- fail,
- foreshorten,
- forget,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- ignore,
- liquidate,
- mow,
- nip,
- omit,
- outlaw,
- overlook,
- pass,
- pick out,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- purge,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- remove,
- retrench,
- root out,
- root up,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- slight,
- snub,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take in,
- telescope,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- trim,
- truncate,
- weed out