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Definition of Pretermits
1. pretermit [v] - See also: pretermit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretermits
Literary usage of Pretermits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1906)
"The judge, for instance, who suspends sentence pretermits the criminal's ...
God pretermits the sins of the past on account of the work of Jesus Christ. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Christian mysticism as a theory ignores or pretermits none of the ascertained
facts and legitimate inferences of psychology and philosophy, but it claims to ..."
3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... branch of his oath, and pretermits that which is claimed by the Lords and
Commons; which he would not have done if it might have been excepted against. ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... branch of his oath, and pretermits that which is claimed by the Lords and
Commons ; which he would not have done if it might have been excepted against. ..."
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