eˈclipsis Gram.
[ad. Gr. ἔκλειψις, noun of action f. ἐκλείπειν to leave out; in sense 1 perh. confused with ellipsis; in sense 2 app. suggested by eclipse in fig. sense ‘to obscure’.]
† 1. An omission of words needful fully to express the sense. Obs.
| 1538 Coverdale Prol. N.T., The cause..is partly the figure called eclipsis. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xii. (Arb.) 175 Eclipsis or the Figure of default. |
† b. (See quot.) Obs.
| 1727 W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. 38 Eclipsis, is a piece of a Line drawn to denote that some part of a Verse or Sentence cited, is left out..As, ― 'Tis still the Miser's Lot. The young Fool spends all that the old Knave got. |
2. In Irish (Sc. Gaelic, Manx) Grammar: see quot.
| 1845 J. O'Donovan Irish Gram. 58 Eclipsis in Irish Grammar may be defined the suppression of the sounds of certain radical consonants, by prefixing others of the same organ. |