Sentence example with the word 'elide'

elide

abbreviate, chuck, contract, cut short, epitomize, get quit of, outlaw, reap, shave, sum up, truncate

Definition v. leave or strike out

Last update: November 1, 2015


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Eislebens bis zum Elide des 12.   [Please select]

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This was only five too much, and five was represented by e, the very letter elided from the article le before the word Empereur.   [Please select]

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He was pleased to think that he made very few slips nowadays--an "h" elided here and there; the vowels still rather broad, more particularly the Hampshire "a"; and one or two unchanged words, such as "boosum."   [Please select]

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elicits - elide - elided