Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.