Prescind

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prescind \Pre*scind"\ (pr[-e]*s[i^]nd"), v. t. [L. praescindere
     to cut off in front; prae before + scindere to cut asunder:
     cf. F. prescinder.]
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     1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] --Norris.
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     2. (Metaph.) To consider by a separate act of attention or
        analysis. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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