Hypertext Webster Gateway: "omit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Omit \O*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Omitting}.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see {Ob-} + mittere
to cause to go, let go, send. See {Mission}.]
1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to
drop.
These personal comparisons I omit. --Bacon.
2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use
of; to leave undone; to neglect.
Her father omitted nothing in her education that
might make her the most accomplished woman of her
age. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
omit
v 1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The
bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off
the top piece" [syn: {exclude}, {except}, {leave out}, {leave
off}, {take out}] [ant: {include}]
2: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: {neglect}, {pretermit}, {drop}, {miss}, {leave out},
{overlook}, {overleap}] [ant: {attend to}]
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