pretermit

[ pree-ter-mit ]

/ ˌpri tərˈmɪt /

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verb (used with object), pre·ter·mit·ted, pre·ter·mit·ting.

to let pass without notice; disregard.

to leave undone; neglect; omit.

to suspend or interrupt: The government temporarily pretermitted its repayments of foreign aid.

Nearby words

preteritive, preterlegal, preterm, preterm infant, pretermission, pretermit, preternatural, pretest, pretext, pretexta, pretexting

Origin of pretermit

1505–15; < Latin praetermittere to let pass, equivalent to praeter- preter- + mittere to let go, send

Related forms

pre·ter·mis·sion

[pree-ter-mish-uh n] /ˌpri tərˈmɪʃ ən/, nounpre·ter·mit·ter, nounun·pre·ter·mit·ted, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pretermit

Here follow in Mr. Plush's MS. about twenty-four pages of railroad calculations, which we pretermit.
Burlesques|William Makepeace Thackeray
We will pretermit these absurd and silly men: but, Cousin Lucian!
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor
He greeted me with a brief nod and a grim smile, but did not pretermit his paternal functions.
Tales from Blackwood|Various
Now in the sairvice of Goad and the King 'tis raight to pretermit no aiffort to bring the guilty to justice.
The Path of the King|John Buchan

We mean to visit this to-morrow; so I may pretermit further mention of it here.
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for pretermit

pretermit

/ (ˌpriːtəˈmɪt) /

verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted (tr) rare

to overlook intentionally; disregard

to fail to do; neglect; omit

Derived Forms

pretermission (ˌpriːtəˈmɪʃən), nounpretermitter, noun

Word Origin for pretermit

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

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