elision
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“Singing in Tongues” collects vocal and operatic music written by Lim between 1993 and 2008 — all of it handled persuasively by her longtime collaborators in the Elision Ensemble.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021
The Particle It admits of an Elision of its Vowel before Is, Was, Were, Will, Would; as 'Tis, 'Twas, 'Twere, 'Twill, 'Twould, for It is, It was, &c.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
When they are us'd but as two Syllables they suffer an Elision of one of their Vowels, and are generally written thus, Di'mond, Vi'let, &c.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
The Gerunds of the Verbs in OW, accented on the last save two, suffer an Elision of the O that precedes the W; as Foll'wing, Wall'wing.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
Some Words admit of an Elision of their first Syllable; as 'Tween, 'Twixt, 'Mong, 'Mongst, 'Gainst, 'Bove, 'Cause, 'Fore, for Between, Betwixt, Among, Amongst, Against, Above, Because, Before.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
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