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elision

[ih-lizh-uhn] / ɪˈlɪʒ ən /




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“Singing in Tongues” collects vocal and operatic music written by Lim between 1993 and 2008 — all of it handled persuasively by her longtime collaborators in the Elision Ensemble.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

Elision is rare, and there is little variety.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Elision marks in letter of July 28 are Franklin's own.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

Elision is used by Virgil to make the verse run smoothly without violating the natural pronunciation of the words; e.g.—mónstrum horréndum infórme; but this is only in the Aeneid.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

By Elision, I mean the cutting off one or more Letters from a Word, whereby two Syllables come to be contracted into one; or the taking away an intire Syllable.

From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward




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