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

• preclusion
• preclusions
• preclusive
• preclusively
• precocial
• precocious
• precociously
• precociousness
• precociousnesses
• precocities
• precocity
• precognisant
• penicillins
• Penicillium
• penie
• penile
• penillion
• penillion-singing
• pening
• peninsula
• peninsular
• peninsularities
• peninsularity
• peninsular unit
• peninsular units