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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elide /ɪˈlʌɪd/

▶verb

1 (often as adj. elided) omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking.

2 join together; merge.

– origin C16: from L. elidere ‘crush out’.

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