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pretermit

[ pree-ter-mit ]

verb (used with object)

pretermitted, pretermitting.
  1. to let pass without notice; disregard.
  2. to leave undone; neglect; omit.
  3. to suspend or interrupt:

    The government temporarily pretermitted its repayments of foreign aid.



pretermit

/ ËŒpriËtəˈmɪt; ËŒpriËtəˈmɪʃən /

verb

  1. to overlook intentionally; disregard
  2. to fail to do; neglect; omit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • pretermission, noun
  • ËŒ±è°ù±ð³Ù±ð°ùˈ³¾¾±³Ù³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù±ð·³Ù±ð°ù·³¾¾±²õ·²õ¾±´Ç²Ô [pree-ter-, mish, -, uh, n], noun
  • ±è°ù±ðt±ð°ù·³¾¾±³Ùt±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôp°ù±ð·³Ù±ð°ù·³¾¾±³Ùt±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pretermit1

1505–15; < Latin praetermittere to let pass, equivalent to praeter- preter- + mittere to let go, send
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pretermit1

C16: from Latin praetermittere to let pass, from preter- + mittere to send, release
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Example Sentences

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Still the Inquisition did not entirely pretermit its labors.

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I must, therefore, reluctantly pretermit all such matter—reserving for some other occasion the gratification of the public curiosity therein.

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Members with a taste for writing, having some carefully thought out message to deliver on an intricate topic of foreign or domestic policy are increasingly inclined entirely to pretermit the parliamentary stage of their exposition.

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This you must be pleased to let me have again, for I borrow it: for the other, I will pretermit no time to write it; though in good faith, I have half forgot it.

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Meantime, under the influence of some anodyne which Pete had found in his medicine chest, Mr. Hamlin became quiet and pretermitted his vocal obligato.

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