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Grammar : Verb
Spell : leev
Phonetic Transcription : liv



Definition of leave out

Origin :
  • Old English læfan "to let remain; remain; have left; bequeath," from Proto-Germanic *laibijan (cf. Old Frisian leva "to leave," Old Saxon farlebid "left over"), causative of *liban "remain," (cf. Old English belifan, German bleiben, Gothic bileiban "to remain"), from root *laf- "remnant, what remains," from PIE *leip- "to stick, adhere;" also "fat."
  • The Germanic root has only the sense "remain, continue," which also is in Greek lipares "persevering, importunate." But this usually is regarded as a development from the primary PIE sense of "adhere, be sticky" (cf. Lithuanian lipti, Old Church Slavonic lipet "to adhere," Greek lipos "grease," Sanskrit rip-/lip- "to smear, adhere to." Seemingly contradictory meaning of "depart" (early 13c.) comes from notion of "to leave behind" (as in to leave the earth "to die;" to leave the field "retreat").
  • As in occlude : verb block, prevent
  • As in omit : verb exclude, forget
  • As in overlook : verb disregard, neglect
  • As in rule out : verb exclude, reject
  • As in skip : verb avoid, miss
  • As in count out : verb disregard, exclude
  • As in eliminate : verb remove, throw out
  • As in exclude : verb expel, forbid
  • As in forgo : verb give up, do without
Example sentences :
  • Leave out seven of the whites, and beat the other seven to a stiff froth.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • My stacks of unused notes remind me of how much I have had to leave out.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Or leave out the anchovies and gravy, and do it as above, either with or without salt and ketchup, as may be most approved.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • My son, leave out of your narrative the faults of others and name no one.
  • Extract from : « Balthasar » by Anatole France
  • She paints with miniature sensibility and knows best of all what to leave out.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • He said he did n't like the sound of it and he wished I 'd leave out the swearing.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart
  • One cannot say, for instance, that—But I am afraid I must leave out that instance, because one cannot say it.
  • Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
  • I'll leave out 'Batting average' if it makes it more truthful.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • You seem to know by instinct just what to leave out and put in.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • I suppose not; but I like them all, and I dislike to leave out anyone.
  • Extract from : « Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades » by Florence Holbrook

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