elide /ē- or i-līdˈ/

1. To cut off (esp a syllable in verse)
2. To suppress or abridge
3. To rebut (archaic)

elision /i-lizhˈən/ noun

1. The suppression of a vowel or syllable
2. An omission

• highness
• highnesses
• high noon
• lathered
• latherier
• latheriest
• lathering
• lathers
• lathery
• lathes
• lathi
• lathier
• lathiest
• lathing
• lathings
• lathis
• lathlike
• laths
• lath-splitter
• lath-splitters
• lathy
• lathyrism
• lathyrisms
• lathyrus
• lathyruses