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List of antonyms from "elicitation" to antonyms from "elope"


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Definition of the day : « elision »

  • As in omission : noun something forgotten or excluded
  • As in contraction : noun drawing in; shortening
Example sentences :
  • And when this Elision is proper, and when not, the Ear is a sufficient Judge.
  • Extract from : « The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718) » by Joseph Trapp
  • In these English hexameters I have used and advocate the use of Miltonic elision.
  • Extract from : « The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges » by Robert Bridges
  • Elision marks indicate that parts of this letter are omitted.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Frank Luther Mott
  • Otsataga, by elision, readily becomes Otstaga, and again Ostaga.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Cooperstown » by Ralph Birdsall
  • The elision is not a happy one, and the mere suppression of the "and" does not produce a satisfying line.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of My Dead Life » by George Moore
  • What has been said about syncope applies also to the relative spheres of elision and hiatus.
  • Extract from : « Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes » by Various
  • Such is the origin of the term Chicago,  which is a derivative, by elision and French annotation, from the word Chi-kaug-ong.
  • Extract from : « Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
  • I would as soon have my hair cut off as an intolerable Scotch shortness put into my titles by the elision of little words.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • An elision for creepeth; possibly an intermediate etymological state of creeps.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 » by Various
  • Note that there is no elision with entre except in compound verbs (entr'ouvrir, etc.).
  • Extract from : « Contes Franais » by Douglas Labaree Buffum