vt. 省略(元音、辅音), 删去(字、句等), 取消

[ verb ]
leave or strike out
<verb.cognition>
This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant

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.