elide

Verb

elide (third-person singular simple present elides, present participle eliding, simple past and past participle elided)

1. To leave out or omit (something).
   • Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'.1995, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory
2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
   • As Ms Shafak summarises, “the state is privileged, all-powerful and yet paradoxically safeguarded as if it were a fragile entity in need of protection.” Between it and its citizens a gulf looms; conversely, officials elide its interests with their own.2014 July 10, “Because we’re worth it”, in The Economist