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ellipt

ellipt verb: to omit (from an utterance) by ellipsis.

Verb

ellipt (third-person singular simple present ellipts, present participle ellipting, simple past and past participle ellipted)

  1. To omit (from an utterance) by ellipsis.
    • […] a couple of further differences between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: (1) in contrast with restrictives, the wh-phrase in non-restrictives cannot be ellipted; […]2013, Noel Burton-Roberts, Analysing Sentences, page 210
    Synonyms:
    elide

Synonyms of ellipt

Forms of ellipt

third-person singular presentellipts
present participleellipting
past participleellipted
pastellipted

Origin of ellipt

Back-formation from elliptic or elliptical.

Words that rhyme with ellipt

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Questions about ellipt

What does ellipt mean?
Ellipt means to omit (from an utterance) by ellipsis.
What part of speech is ellipt?
Ellipt is a verb.
What is the past tense of ellipt?
The past tense of ellipt is ellipted.

Words near ellipt in the dictionary

  1. ellipsoids of revolution
  2. ellipsometer
  3. ellipsometers
  4. ellipsometric
  5. ellipsometry
  6. ellipt
  7. ellipted
  8. elliptic
  9. elliptic curve
  10. elliptic curves
  11. elliptic function

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