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Elide [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To break or dash in pieces; to crush. [Not used.]

2. To cut off a syllable.

Elide [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.

2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

Elided [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913