pretermit

verb
/pɹiːtəˈmɪt/UK/ˌpɹidəɹˈmɪt/US

Etymology

From Latin praetermitto.

  1. derived from praetermitto

Definitions

  1. To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore

    To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore; to neglect or omit.

    • [F]or the public, for the redemption of the whole world, God hath (shall we say, pretermitted?) derelicted, forsaken, abandoned, his own, and only Son.
    • The fees, or allowances, that are termly given to these deputies, receiver, and clerks, for recompence of these their pains, I do purposely pretermit; because they be not certain, but arbitrary.

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