elide

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verb omit

cancel
delete
neglect
suppress
pass over

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excise

verb. remove, delete

X out
amputate
black out
blot out
blue pencil
cross out
cut
cut off
cut out
cut up
destroy
edit
elide
eradicate
erase
expunge
exscind
exsect
exterminate
extirpate
extract
gut
knock off
launder
lop off
resect
scissor out
scratch out
slash
stamp out
strike
trim
wipe out

excised

verb. remove, delete

X out
amputate
black out
blot out
blue pencil
cross out
cut
cut off
cut out
cut up
destroy
edit
elide
eradicate
erase
expunge
exscind
exsect
exterminate
extirpate
extract
gut
knock off
launder
lop off
resect
scissor out
scratch out
slash
stamp out
strike
trim
wipe out

neglect

verb. fail to do; forget

be careless
be derelict
be irresponsible
be negligent
be remiss
bypass
defer
discard
dismiss
disregard
elide
evade
gloss over
let pass
let slide
look the other way
lose sight of
miss
not trouble oneself
omit
overleap
overlook
overpass
pass over
postpone
procrastinate
shirk
skimp
skip
suspend
think little of
trifle

neglects

verb. fail to do; forget

be careless
be derelict
be irresponsible
be negligent
be remiss
bypass
defer
discard
dismiss
disregard
elide
evade
gloss over
let pass
let slide
look the other way
lose sight of
miss
not trouble oneself
omit
overleap
overlook
overpass
pass over
postpone
procrastinate
shirk
skimp
skip
suspend
think little of
trifle

shorten

verb. diminish, decrease

abbreviate
abridge
blue pencil
bob
boil down
chop
clip
compress
condense
contract
curtail
cut
cut back
cut down
cut to the bone
dock
edit
elide
excerpt
lessen
lop
make a long story short
minimize
put in a nutshell
reduce
retrench
shrink
slash
snip
trim

shortened

verb. diminish, decrease

abbreviate
abridge
blue pencil
bob
boil down
chop
clip
compress
condense
contract
curtail
cut
cut back
cut down
cut to the bone
dock
edit
elide
excerpt
lessen
lop
make a long story short
minimize
put in a nutshell
reduce
retrench
shrink
slash
snip
trim

Word Origin & History

1590s, a legal term, "to annul, do away with," from Middle French elider (16c.), from Latin elidere "strike out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -lidere, comb. form of laedere "to strike." Phonological sense is first recorded 1796. Related: Elided; eliding.

Example Sentences for elide

And 'accompaning' still needs to elide the second 'a' to fit the metre.

I call it unchivalrous because it has been known to elide eulogies of enemy decency and enemy valour.

Hence there is no need to elide a vowel at the caesura; it must therefore be sounded clearly.

As described in the end notes, ellipses occasionally are used typographically to elide names.

Would it not be possible for the more delicate readers of my otherwise inoffensive narrative to elide the word?