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Elide
//ɪˈlaɪd// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To leave out or omit (something).
"Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'."
- 2 leave or strike out wordnet
- 3 To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
- 4 To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
"As Ms Shafak summarises, “the state is privileged, all-powerful and yet paradoxically safeguarded as if it were a fragile entity in need of protection.” Between it and its citizens a gulf looms; conversely, officials elide its interests with their own."
Etymology
From Latin ēlīdō (“I strike out”).
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