Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pretermit"

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

Pretermit \Pre`ter*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretermitted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Pretermitting}.] [L. praetermittere,
praetermissum; praeter beyond + mittere to send. See
{Mission}.]
To pass by; to omit; to disregard. --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pretermit
v 1: disregard intentionally or let pass
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}, {omit}, {drop}, {miss}, {leave out}, {overlook},
{overleap}] [ant: {attend to}]


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