prescind
verb /prɪˈsɪnd/
/prɪˈsɪnd/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prescind | /prɪˈsɪnd/ /prɪˈsɪnd/ |
| he / she / it prescinds | /prɪˈsɪndz/ /prɪˈsɪndz/ |
| past simple prescinded | /prɪˈsɪndɪd/ /prɪˈsɪndɪd/ |
| past participle prescinded | /prɪˈsɪndɪd/ /prɪˈsɪndɪd/ |
| -ing form prescinding | /prɪˈsɪndɪŋ/ /prɪˈsɪndɪŋ/ |
- prescind (from something) to not consider something; to leave something outWord Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘cut off abruptly or prematurely’): from Latin praescindere, from prae ‘before’ + scindere ‘to cut’.