Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ignore"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ignore \Ig*nore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignored}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ignoring}.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of
gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See
{Know}, and cf. {Narrate}.]
1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic]

Philosophy would solidly be established, if men
would more carefully distinguish those things that
they know from those that they ignore. --Boyle.

2. (Law) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; --
said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of
evidence. See {Ignoramus}.

3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to;
not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly;
as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an
objectionable person.

Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things
before, behind. --Mrs.
Browning.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ignore
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
[syn: {disregard}, {snub}, {cut}]
2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his
advances" [syn: {dismiss}, {disregard}, {brush aside}, {brush
off}, {discount}, {push aside}]
3: fail to notice [ant: {notice}]
4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
{neglect}, {disregard}]
5: be ignorant of or in the dark about [ant: {know}]


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