| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To omit.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb elide.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (elide) | 1. Leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant".[Wordnet]. 2. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.[Websters]. 3. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: eliding, elided, elides, elider, eliders, elidingly and elidedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ELIDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: elide
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To break or dash in pieces; to crush. [Not used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument;. (references) | 2: [Verb] To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one. (references) | 3: [Verb] To omit. "Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?' — Bennet and Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory. (references) |
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