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Conservative columnist David Brooks takes a whack at the writing style of Harriet Miers, President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court:

"Nearly every idea is vague and depersonalized. Nearly every debatable point is elided."

Link: In Her Own Words

Posted October 16, 2005.

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to suppress or alter by elision; to strike out (a word or passage)

IN BRIEF: To omit in pronunciation.

The spelling bee contestants were mindful of the ramifications if they were to elide a syllable when repeating a word to the judges.

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See words rhyming with "elide."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udelade, elidere

Nederlands (Dutch)
weglaten van gesproken/ geschreven (mede)klinker, weglaten, verkorten

Français (French)
v. tr. - élider

Deutsch (German)
v. - elidieren, auslassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (γραμμ.) εκθλίβω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
elidere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - eliminar, omitir, anular (jur.)

Русский (Russian)
выпускать, опускать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - elidir, omitir, suprimir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - elidera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
省略, 取消, 省略发音

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 省略, 取消, 省略發音

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 생략하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 省略する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحذف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השמיט, הבליע‬

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