He was pleased to think that he made very few slips nowadays-an "h" Elided here and there; the vowels still rather broad, more particularly the Hampshire "a"; and one or two unchanged words, such as "boosum."
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
Tishy Elided the absurd figure of speech and ignored it.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Schmeller and other German philologists observe that a nasal has been here Elided, the true ancient form being -and, -ant, or -ent.
"The English Language"
Robert Gordon Latham