Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Elide
E·lide′ (ē·līd′), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elided; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliding.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. élider. See Lesion.] 1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.] Hooker.
2. (Gram.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.