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Elison
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Division; separation.
(2):
(n.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elison'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/elison.html. 1828.