Bible Dictionaries
Elide

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

(2):

(v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elide'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/elide.html. 1828.