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