elide

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to omit a sound, syllable, word, or other element

   Rapid speech may elide an unstressed vowel.

2. 2
   verb

   to blur, conflate, or pass over a distinction

   The summary must not elide the difference between memory and perception.

From Latin elidere ("to strike out, crush"), formed from ex- ("out") + laedere ("to strike, hurt"). Its grammatical sense developed from the idea of striking a sound out of speech.

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