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third-person singular simple present elides, present participle eliding, simple past and past participle elided
To leave out or omit (something). quotations examples
Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'.
1995, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory
(linguistics) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable. examples
To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between. quotations examples
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.
2014 July 10, “Because we’re worth it”, in The Economist