Pretermit

2 definitions found

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

  Pretermit \Pre`ter*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pretermitted}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Pretermitting}.] [L. praetermittere,
     praetermissum; praeter beyond + mittere to send. See
     {Mission}.]
     To pass by; to omit; to disregard. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pretermit
       v 1: disregard intentionally or let pass
       2: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
          "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
          [syn: {neglect}, {omit}, {drop}, {miss}, {leave out}, {overlook},
           {overleap}] [ant: {attend to}]
       [also: {pretermitting}, {pretermitted}]