Elide

[ɪ'laɪd]

(verb.) leave or strike out; 'This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant'.

Editor: Nicolas--From WordNet

(v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.

(v. t.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

Editor: Nita

v. a. Cut off (a syllable).

Typed by Avery

v.t. to rebut: to cut off as a syllable.—n. Eli′sion the suppression of a vowel or syllable.

Editor: Peter