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Synonyms for elided

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-lahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlaɪd

Définition of elided

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb omit
Example sentences :
  • The vowel is elided in some cases, and coalesces with another vowel in others.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Cornish Language » by Henry Jenner
  • The -e in fairest-e is not elided; neither is the -e in wist-e in l. 745.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The final e in fled-de is not elided, owing to the pause after it.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • But even in the matter of elided consonants American is not always the conservator.
  • Extract from : « The American Language » by Henry L. Mencken
  • At times a vowel is elided; or rather but faintly touched by the voice.
  • Extract from : « The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari » by James S. De Benneville
  • The final vowel of quelque is elided only in quelqu'un and quelqu'une.
  • Extract from : « Contes Franais » by Douglas Labaree Buffum
  • Her voice was not Southern and, while she elided final consonants, her intonation was not of the South.
  • Extract from : « In Happy Valley » by John Fox
  • Usually a syllable will be elided, and the reply will be "Constanople," or something similar.
  • Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley
  • The final e in sinne must not be elided; it is preserved by the caesura.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Hadde, possessed; as hadde is here emphatic, the final e is not elided.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales » by Geoffrey Chaucer

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