Definitionn. omission of a sound between two words
Last update: October 11, 2015
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The letter 'u' in the word 'us' is an elision in the phrase. [Please select]
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In this connexion Hommel's theory 2 should be mentioned, that the word Shumer was a later palatalization of Ki-imgir, " land of Imgir "=Shiimgir, subsequently Shingi with palatalized k = sh and elision of the final r. [Please select]
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The two obeyed and were taken to the sleeping engine and there instructed to produce a full head of steam in thirty minutes or suffer a premature taking off and a prompt elision from the realms of applied mechanics. [Please select]
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*[Footnote: Tane is an old elision for taken. [Please select]
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He was carefully suppressing all mention of Frognall Street, and in Calendar's glance read approval of the elision. [Please select]
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It was the elision of the weaker element--the survival of the fittest; and some, indeed very many, mothers must lose their sons that way. [Please select]
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