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pretermit [ˌpriːtəˈmɪt] vb -mits, -mitting, -mitted (tr) Rare
1. to overlook intentionally; disregard 2. to fail to do; neglect; omit [from Latin praetermittere to let pass, from preter- + mittere to send, release] pretermission [ˌpriːtəˈmɪʃən] n pretermitter n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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In fact, the old lady declined altogether to hear his hour's lecture of an evening; and when she came to Queen's Crawley alone, he was obliged to pretermit his usual devotional exercises. I have been led farther than I had foreseen, and various subjects for annotation have presented themselves which, though I have no direct need of them, I could not pretermit. |
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