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pretermit

[pree-ter-mit]
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verb (used with object), pre·ter·mit·ted, pre·ter·mit·ting.
  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.
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Origin of pretermit

1505–15; < Latin praetermittere to let pass, equivalent to praeter- preter- + mittere to let go, send
Related formspre·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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Related Words for pretermit

spurn, overlook, ignore, discount, underestimate, reject, disregard, despise, affront, disdain, slur, dismiss, slight, scant, detest, depreciate, scorn, rebuff, condemn, pretermit

Examples from the Web for pretermit

Historical Examples of pretermit

  • What precisely is meant by 'ideal' is a question which for the moment I pretermit.

    Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)

    Leslie Stephen

  • We will pretermit these absurd and silly men: but, Cousin Lucian!

  • Then there are all manner of the ordinary maladies of humanity, which I pretermit.

    My Life as an Author

    Martin Farquhar Tupper

  • He greeted me with a brief nod and a grim smile, but did not pretermit his paternal functions.

  • We mean to visit this to-morrow; so I may pretermit further mention of it here.

British Dictionary definitions for pretermit

pretermit

verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted (tr) rare
  1. to overlook intentionally; disregard
  2. to fail to do; neglect; omit
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Derived Formspretermission (ˌpriːtəˈmɪʃən), nounpretermitter, noun

Word Origin for pretermit

C16: from Latin praetermittere to let pass, from preter- + mittere to send, release
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Word Origin and History for pretermit

v.

1510s, from Latin praetermittere "let pass, overlook," from praeter- (see preter-) + mittere (see mission). Related: Pretermitted; pretermitting.

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