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Definition of Pretermit

1. Verb. Disregard intentionally or let pass.

2. Verb. Leave undone or leave out. "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

Definition of Pretermit

1. v. t. To pass by; to omit; to disregard.

Definition of Pretermit

1. Verb. To intentionally disregard something, allow it to go unnoticed, or change the subject in response to someone's comment; to omit or fail to carry out something; to prematurely terminate or interrupt something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pretermit

1. [v -MITTED, -MITTING, -MITS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretermit

preterition preteritions preteritive preteritness preterits preterlapsed preterlegal preterm preterm baby preterm infant

preterminal pretermination preterminations pretermission pretermissions pretermit (current term) pretermits pretermitted pretermitted child pretermitted children

pretermitted heir pretermitted heirs pretermitted spouse pretermitted spouses pretermitting preterms preternatural preternaturalism preternaturality preternaturally

Literary usage of Pretermit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The new and complete dictionary of the English languageby John Ash by John Ash (1795)
"... (i. from pretermit) The аи of ... pretermit'ifd ( p. frcm pretermit) ... pretermit'ting (pa from ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"(cant), pretermit, waste, dice. Antonyms: see CLEAR, RECOVER, WIN. loss, nl See RUIN. 4. See AMOUR, LIKING. love, ». t. 1. belove (chiefly in passive), ..."

3. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1899)
"We mean to visit this to-morrow; so I may pretermit further mention of it here. We passed Vevay, and Clarens, which, methought, was particularly picturesque ..."

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