Elide

//ɪˈlaɪd// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    leave or strike out wordnet
  3. 3
    To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
  4. 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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