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.

Origin of pretermit

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

OTHER WORDS FROM pretermit

pre·ter·mis·sion

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

Words nearby pretermit

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

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Example sentences 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 of pretermit

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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单词	pretermit
释义	pretermit [ pree-ter-mit ] / ˌpri tərˈmɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pretermit ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of pretermit 1505–15; <Latin praetermittere to let pass, equivalent to praeter-preter- + mittere to let go, send OTHER WORDS FROM pretermit pre·ter·mis·sion [pree-ter-mish-uhn], /ˌpri tərˈmɪʃ ən/, nounpre·ter·mit·ter, nounun·pre·ter·mit·ted, adjective Words nearby pretermit preterition, preteritive, preterlegal, preterm, preterm infant, pretermit, preternatural, pretest, pretext, pretexta, pretexting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences 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 of pretermit pretermission (ˌpriːtəˈmɪʃən), nounpretermitter, noun Word Origin for pretermit C16: from Latin praetermittere to let pass, from preter- + mittere to send, release Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pretermit spurn, overlook, ignore, discount, underestimate, reject, disregard, despise, affront, disdain, slur, dismiss, slight, scant, detest, depreciate, scorn, rebuff, condemn, brush aside
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pretermit

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

Origin of pretermit

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Example sentences from the Web for pretermit

British Dictionary definitions for pretermit

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

Derived forms of pretermit

Word Origin for pretermit

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