elide
verb·/ɪˈlaɪd/
1. Omit a sound or syllable in pronunciation, especially to fit meter or ease speech. The omission is surgical, absence created by rule or rhythm.
In the poem he elided the vowel so the line could move without stumbling.
2. Pass over or leave out (often deliberately), especially in narration or argument (formal).
The report elided the most troubling detail, and the omission was louder than any sentence.
Etymology
From Latin elīdere “to strike out,” from e- “out” + laedere “to dash, strike.” The older physical violence survives as metaphor: something removed by impact, then smoothed into silence.
Related Words
ellipsisa mark or act of omission; kin in writing
apocopeloss of a final sound; a specific kind of elision
syncopeloss from the middle; another specific kind
abridgeto shorten; less phonetic, more editorial