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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

E-Lĭs'ion, n.

noun

(e-lĭzh'un), n. [Lat. elisio, from elidere, Fr. élision, Sp. elision, It. elisione. See ELIDE.]

  1. Division; separation. [Obs.] Bacon.
  2. (Gram.) The cutting off or suppression, for the sake of meter or euphony, of a vowel or syllable, especially a vowel at the end of a word standing before another vowel in the following line.