Elision

Elision can also refer to the slurring of one thing into another; figuratively, a “bait and switch”.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor May be Wrong About Race, but She is No Racist: 2009

Elision can also refer to the slurring of one thing into another; figuratively, a “bait and switch”.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor May be Wrong About Race, but She is No Racist: 2009

In the introduction to the performance we were told that the shrine was one of fertility and it had worked its effects very convincingly on the performers of Elision, who between them had borne 12 children in the past six years of performing the Opera.

The Public Transport Diaries: Day 7 Kirsty 2006

In the introduction to the performance we were told that the shrine was one of fertility and it had worked its effects very convincingly on the performers of Elision, who between them had borne 12 children in the past six years of performing the Opera.

Archive 2006-07-01 Kirsty 2006

` Elision, 'Rebus said, leaving the word to hang there.

Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

Various forms of Elision are called Syncope, Synizesis, and Synalœpha.

The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum

Elision is not common, and its use in writing as well as in speaking is best avoided.

A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

This is called stifling the cadence (or Elision); and its presence depends simply upon sufficient proof that what was supposed to be the cadence-measure (and to a certain extent is such) is at the same time _really the first measure of the next sentence_.

Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898

This lost measure is the stifled cadence-measure, omitted by Elision.

Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898

_Principal Theme_ begins in measure 135, where the preceding theme ends; consequently, there is an Elision.

Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898