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Pretermit

verb
(past & past part. pretermitted; pres. part. pretermitting)
1.
Disregard intentionally or let pass.
2.
Leave undone or leave out.  Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook.  "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"





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"Pretermit" Quotes from Famous Books



... fishes, besides fruits, trees, plants, and the like, were seen and observed of us in this journey, which willingly we pretermit as hastening to the end of our voyage: which from this Cape of St. Antonio, we intended to finish by sailing the directest and speediest way homeward; and accordingly, even beyond our own ...
— Sir Francis Drake Revived • Philip Nichols
... made acquaintances; John in despair, for he was a man of city tastes; Joseph indifferent where he was, so long as there was pen and ink and daily papers, and he could avoid martyrdom at the office; Morris himself, perhaps, not displeased to pretermit these visits to the city, and have a quiet time for thought. He was prepared for any sacrifice; all he desired was to get his money again and clear his feet of leather; and it would be strange, since he was so modest in his desires, and the pool amounted to upward of a hundred and sixteen thousand ...
— The Wrong Box • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
... the prosperity of Nebuchadnezzar. As for the Queen's aid, there is no harm in that: quia (these are his own words) quia omnia munda mundis: because to the pure all things are pure. One thing, in conclusion, he "may not pretermit"; to give the lie in the throat to his accuser, where he charges him with seeking support against his native country. "What I have been to my country," said the old Reformer, "What I have been to my country, albeit this unthankful age ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Pretermit" :   attend to, disregard, pretermission, skip, pass over, overleap, skip over, drop, ignore, forget, jump


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