Elide /(?)/

E·lide

Elide

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Elided; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliding

  1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.]
  2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision. (Gram.)