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Eliding

Elide \E*lide"\, 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. ['e]lider. 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.

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eliding

vb. (present participle of elide English)

Usage examples of "eliding".

Walls, gates and defences rise, parish churchesare built over Saxon villages, medieval commerce packs the streets with wood-beamed houses, and the kaleidoscope of history spins wildly on through coronations, insurrections and disharmonies, mutiny and jubilation eliding past, present and future.

A dreamy world of perfect days and tranquil nights, of exotic biota and Eliding beings in high-collared robes whose silent speech was a gentle thought carried on the wind.