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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-lahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlaɪd



Définition of elide

Origin :
  • 1590s, a legal term, "to annul, do away with," from Middle French elider (16c.), from Latin elidere "strike out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -lidere, comb. form of laedere "to strike." Phonological sense is first recorded 1796. Related: Elided; eliding.
  • verb omit
Example sentences :
  • And 'accompaning' still needs to elide the second 'a' to fit the metre.
  • Extract from : « Accolon of Gaul » by Madison J. Cawein
  • I call it unchivalrous because it has been known to elide eulogies of enemy decency and enemy valour.
  • Extract from : « The Better Germany in War Time » by Harold Picton
  • Hence there is no need to elide a vowel at the caesura; it must therefore be sounded clearly.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • As described in the end notes, ellipses occasionally are used typographically to elide names.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Would it not be possible for the more delicate readers of my otherwise inoffensive narrative to elide the word?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan

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