elided
elide /ēˈlīd/ I. verb —[with obj.] 1. omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking (as adj. elided) •the indication of elided consonants or vowels. 2. join together; merge •whole periods of time are elided into a few seconds of screen time •[no obj.] the two things elided in his mind. – origin mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘annul, do away with,’chiefly as a Scots legal term): from Latin elidere ‘crush out,’from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’+ laedere ‘to dash.’/ usage: The standard meaning of the verb elide is ‘omit,’most frequently used as a term to describe the way that some sounds or syllables are dropped in speech, e.g., in contractions such as I'll or he's. The result of such omission (or elision) is that the two surrounding syllables are merged; this fact has given rise to a new sense, with the meaning ‘join together, merge,’as in the two things elided in his mind. This new sense is now common in general use.
