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   elide

   /ɪˈlʌɪd/

   verb

   • 1. omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking: "English speakers often elide the vowel completely"
   • 2. join together; merge: "whole periods of time are elided into a few seconds of screen time"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘annul’, chiefly as a Scots legal term): from Latin elidere ‘crush out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + laedere ‘to dash’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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