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Elides

To leave out or omit (something).

📖 Definitions of "Elides"

verb

1
To leave out or omit (something).
2
To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
3
To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Elides"

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Word	Definition
strike outverb	To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.
ignoresverb	To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
suppressesverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
conflatesverb	To combine or mix together.
obfuscatesverb	To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
belaborsverb	US spelling of belabour. [(transitive, obsolete) To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.]
recapitulatesverb	(ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.
explicatesverb	(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
reifyingverb	(transitive) To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
foregroundingverb	a concept in literary studies that concerns making a linguistic utterance (word, clause, phrase, phoneme, etc.) stand out from the surrounding linguistic context, from given literary traditions, or from more urban knowledge.
dissemblesverb	(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
adducesverb	(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
discernsverb	(transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
generalizesverb	To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
effacesverb	(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
overdeterminedverb	(of a problem or question) Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
intuitsverb	(ambitransitive) To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
limnsverb	(transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
obscuresverb	(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
circumscribesverb	To limit narrowly; to restrict.