elision

[ ih-lizh-uh n ]

/ ɪˈlɪʒ ən /

the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.

(in verse) the omission of a vowel at the end of one word when the next word begins with a vowel, as th'orient.

an act or instance of eliding or omitting anything.

Origin of elision

1575–85; < Latin ēlīsiōn- (stem of ēlīsiō) a striking out, equivalent to ēlīs(us) (past participle of ēlīdere; see elide) + -iōn- -ion

An elision for creepeth; possibly an intermediate etymological state of creeps.

Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 |Various
The elision is not a happy one, and the mere suppression of the "and" does not produce a satisfying line.

Memoirs of My Dead Life |George Moore
The lines were recited deliberately, with a distinct pause near the middle of each, at which no elision could take place.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales |Geoffrey Chaucer
It should be remembered that let's is really let us, the apostrophe denoting the elision of the u.

Every-Day Errors of Speech |L. P. Meredith

For it is easy to show that with regard to syncope, apocope, elision, and slurring they are treated quite in the same way.

A History of English Versification |Jakob Schipper

elision

/ (ɪˈlɪʒən) /

the omission of a syllable or vowel at the beginning or end of a word, esp when a word ending with a vowel is next to one beginning with a vowel

any omission of a part or parts

C16: from Latin ēlīsiō, from ēlīdere to elide