Definitions

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  • verb linguistics To omit (from an utterance) by ellipsis.

Etymologies

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Back-formation from ellipsis.

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Examples

  • I run (or is that ellipt?) along to the teeny-bopper music at 80% of my capacity, and I turn into a full-out sprint on the chorus.

    chicagojo Diary Entry chicagojo 2004

  • The highest level, spec. with reference to politics and international relations; also ellipt. for summit conference, meeting, etc., sense 4 below.

    The Big Apple 2009

  • The highest level, spec. with reference to politics and international relations; also ellipt. for summit conference, meeting, etc., sense 4 below.

    The Big Apple 2009

  • ?.cc. rei ellipt. vjv το. ykvc; AlyJTrrtog, ernt (genere, iiatione) Ae - gypti. iis, 1, 17, 14.

    Historiarum libri octo 1789

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