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▪ I. neglect, n.|nɪˈglɛkt|
[ad. L. neglect-us (rare), f. the ppl. stem neglect-: see next.]
1. The fact of disregarding, slighting, or paying no attention to, a person, etc.; the fact or condition of being treated in this way; † an instance of this, a slight.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. 204 It is a plague That Cupid will impose for my neglect Of his almighty..might. 1600― A.Y.L. v. iv. 188 The Duke hath put on a Religious life, And throwne into neglect the pompous Court. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. 179 Unable to make him think himself happy, as long as he could not neglect a Captives neglect of him. 1670R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 466 He complained [of]..several neglects on M[onsieu]r['s] part towards him. 1711Prior Henry & Emma 616 Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. 1797Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 435 Neglect, contumely, and insult, were never the ways of keeping friends.
b. Disregard of, or with respect to, something; † indifference.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lvii. §1 How easily neglect and careless regard of so heauenly mysteries may follow. 1709Steele Tatler No. 51 ⁋1 Orlando..also had a Neglect whether Things became him or not. a1715Burnet Own Time iii. (1724) I. 512 Tho' the Duke sent the offer of pardon to them..it was refused with great neglect. 1862Spencer First Princ. i. iv. §26 (1875) 90 Assuming that consciousness contains nothing but limits and conditions; to the entire neglect of that which is limited and conditioned.
2. Want of attention to what ought to be done; the fact of leaving something undone or unattended to; negligence. Also const of.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. v. iv. 90 My master charg'd me to deliuer a ring to Madam Siluia: which (out of my neglect) was neuer done. 1634Milton Comus 510 Without blame, Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. 1683Temple Mem. Wks. 1720 I. 459 This he made good, dying with Neglect upon a Fit of the Gout. 1784Cowper Task ii. 456 This..offends me more Than in a churchman slovenly neglect And rustic coarseness would. 1802James Milit. Dict. s.v., Officers or soldiers convicted of neglect of duty, are punishable at the discretion of a court martial. 1821–2Shelley Chas. I, ii. 76 Our royal forests, Whose limits, from neglect, have been o'ergrown. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 91 Everybody fancies that his own neglect will do no harm.
b. An instance of negligence; an omission or oversight. Now rare.
1638Junius Paint. Ancients 316 The neglects committed in the disposition, are discovered by the lightsomenesse of the things themselves. 1698[R. Ferguson] View Eccles. 34 It would be matter of Enquiring how he came in and by what neglects he escapes being cast out. 1736Butler Anal. i. ii. 39 Neglects from Inconsiderateness, want of Attention,..are often attended with Consequences..as dreadful as any active Misbehaviour. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 340 A province..gradually recovering from the effects of Mahratta ravages and neglects.
c. in neglect of, in default of. rare—1.
1807Robinson Archæol. Græca i. ix. 41 They forfeited double the sum, to be paid by themselves or their sureties; and, in neglect of this, they and their sureties were imprisoned.
d. (See quot.)
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 495 Neglect, a charge not exceeding {pstlg}3, from the wages of a seaman, in the Complete Book, for any part of the ship's stores lost overboard, or damaged, from his gross carelessness.
Add:[2.] e. Want of attention to a dependent person, esp. a child, so gross as to amount to maltreatment or cruelty.
1722Defoe Moll Flanders 179 It touch'd my Heart so forcibly to think of Parting entirely with the Child, and for ought I knew, of having it murther'd, or starv'd by Neglect and Ill-usage. 1889Act 52 & 53 Vict. c. 44 s. 1 (note) Punishment for ill-treatment and neglect of children. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 7/1 Numberless cases of neglect and ill-treatment went unpunished. 1968J. Lock Lady Policeman xiv. 122 Some dealt frequently with pretty horrifying neglect cases. 1988Church Times 28 Oct. 5/2 In Sunday schools and youth clubs there may be children who are experiencing neglect or abuse.
▪ II. neglect, v.|nɪˈglɛkt|
Also 6 neg-, necg-, neclecte, 6–7 neclect, (6 Sc. -leck, -lekk), 6– Sc. negleck, (6 -lec, -lek).
[f. L. neglect-, ppl. stem of neglegĕre, -ligĕre (also nec-), f. neg- not + legĕre to pick up.]
1. trans. To disregard; to pay little or no respect or attention to; to slight, leave unnoticed.
1529More Dyaloge iv. Wks. 257/2 Fastyng, prayer, & such other thynges, he taught them to neglecte and set at nought as vayne & vnfrutefull ceremonies. 1581Rich Farew. (1846) 160 She would never neclect that care and regarde to her honoure which all women ought to have. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 37 Every one hath within his own brest a certaine law of nature, the which he may not neglect. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 200 This my long sufferance..They who neglect and scorn, shall never taste. 1712Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to W. Montagu 9 or 11 Dec., If his kindness is sincere, 'tis too valuable to be neglected. 1781Cowper Charity 36 Some nobler minds a law respect, That none shall with impunity neglect. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 354 That noble discourse had been neglected by the generation to which it was addressed. 1868Tennyson Spiteful Let. 6 O little bard, is your lot so hard, If men neglect your pages?
†b. To leave out, omit, discard. Obs. rare—1.
1603Owen Pembrokeshire (1892) I. 77 In all new buildinges these vaultes are altogether neclected.
2. To fail to bestow proper attention or care upon; to leave unattended to or uncared for.
1538Starkey England i. ii. 27 Yf men knew certaynly what ys the true commyn wele.., they wold not so..neclecte hyt. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 272 b, All these thinges neglected. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 216 A leuell naturally fertil, but now neglected. 1668R. Steele Husbandm. Calling x. (1672) 272 The Philosopher could say, he had rather neglect his means, than his mind. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Pref., Whilst the mind is intent on the general scheme of things, some particular parts must be neglected. 1784Cowper Task iii. 368, I seek to improve, At least neglect not..The mind He gave me. 1819Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 120 Heaven doth interpose to do What ye neglect. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 73 Their own education..has been neglected.
b. With personal object.
1556Olde Antichrist 4 b, Neclecting them that he hathe taken charge of. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. vi. 26 God that made you better than they, will not neglect you. 1771Junius Lett. xlix. (1788) 267 You did not neglect the magistrate while you flattered the man. 1842Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life III. ix. 137, I must so far neglect my dear father as to gain time for writing what may support us.
3. To fail to perform, render, discharge (a duty), or take (a precaution).
1533Bellenden Livy i. xiii. (S.T.S.) I. 73 Þe rite and cerymonis of divine religioun was neclectit. 1548Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 412 The said officers so necglectinge ther deuties to paye and forfait xx. li. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 738 In Heav'n, Where honour due and reverence none neglects. a1694J. Mason Sel. Rem. iv. (1828) 97 If others neglect their duty to you, be sure that you perform yours to them. 1819Shelley Cenci v. ii. 103 That..I should have neglected So trivial a precaution. 1896Law Times Rep. LXXIII. 615/1 There was evidence that Judges habitually performed this duty, though he sometimes neglected it.
4. a. With inf. To omit through carelessness, to fail through negligence, to do something.
1548Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 412 If the officers necglecte to put the same person to execucion. 1563Winȝet Four Scoir Thre Quest. Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 90 Qvhy neclect ȝe to ministrat this haly sacrament to the seik? 1617Moryson Itin. i. 95 They have neglected to preserve it. 1736Butler Anal. i. ii. Wks. 1874 I. 42 Which consequences they for the most part neglect to consider..beforehand. 1786Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XII. 208 The said Hastings..did neglect to write a formal letter to Lieutenant Anderson. 1819Shelley Cenci iii. i. 183 If they neglect To punish crime.
b. To omit doing something.
1710Steele Tatler No. 203 ⁋1, I did not neglect spending a considerable Time in the Crowd. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 128 It is not uncommon for persons..entirely to neglect looking into the state of their affairs.
†5. To cause (something) to be neglected. Obs.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, iii. iv. 25, I trust, My absence doth neglect no great designe. c1620Fletcher & Mass. Lit. Fr. Lawyer iii. ii, His fighting has neglected all our business.
Hence neˈglecting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1552Huloet, Neglecting, or little regard. 1611Bible Col. ii. 23 In will-worship and humilitie, and neglecting of the body. 1625Bacon Ess., Revenge (Arb.) 502 Perfidious or Neglecting Friends. 1646W. Jenkyn Remora 9 By neglecting of his worship. 1782Cowper Names of little Note 6 Those twinkling tiny lustres..Drop one by one from Fame's neglecting hand. 1888A. T. Pierson Evang. Wk. 243 The neglected and neglecting masses of our city population.
Add:[2.] [b.] esp. to fail to take proper and necessary care of (a child or other dependent person).
1722Defoe Moll Flanders 179 To give them [sc. children] up to be Manag'd by those People, who have none of that needful Affection..is to Neglect them in the highest Degree. 1889Act 52 & 53 Vict. c. 44 s. 1 Any person..[who] wilfully ill-treats, neglects, abandons, or exposes such child..shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 1955L. G. Housden Prevention of Cruelty to Children ii. iv. 221 Most of the 97,835 children helped by the Society's Inspectors in the twelve months ending February 1953 had been neglected. 1971Reader's Digest Family Guide to Law 268/2 If a husband fails to give his wife a reasonable amount of housekeeping money, he can be shown to have wilfully neglected her and any children of the marriage. 1982L. Cody Bad Company iv. 30 She has always neglected my daughter and now the results are plainly disastrous.
▪ III. † neˈglect, pa. pple. and ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. neglect-us, pa. pple. of neglegĕre: see next.]
1. Neglected.
1530Tindale Answ. More Wks. (1573) 276/2 And then because it should not be neglect or left undone, an higher officer..came about..at tymes conuenient. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. Pref. (1573) 7 The Romane Empire..laye neglecte without an Emperoure. 1586L. Bryskett Thestylis 96 Her haire hung lose, neglect, about her shoulders twaine. 1724Ramsay Wyfe of Auchtermuchty iv, Therefore let naithing be neglect [rime break].
2. Negligent. rare.
1603Florio Montaigne I. xxv. 83 It represents a kinde of..neglect carelesnesse of arte. 1620tr. Boccaccio's Decam. 84 b, The man..knew nothing hereof, and therefore was the more neglect and carelesse. |