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Synonyms for pretermit

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pree-ter-mit
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpri tərˈmɪt

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Définition of pretermit

Origin :
  • 1510s, from Latin praetermittere "let pass, overlook," from praeter- (see preter-) + mittere (see mission). Related: Pretermitted; pretermitting.
  • As in neglect : verb be indifferent, leave alone
Example sentences :
  • What precisely is meant by 'ideal' is a question which for the moment I pretermit.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
  • We will pretermit these absurd and silly men: but, Cousin Lucian!
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • Then there are all manner of the ordinary maladies of humanity, which I pretermit.
  • Extract from : « My Life as an Author » by Martin Farquhar Tupper
  • He greeted me with a brief nod and a grim smile, but did not pretermit his paternal functions.
  • Extract from : « Tales from Blackwood » by Various
  • We mean to visit this to-morrow; so I may pretermit further mention of it here.
  • Extract from : « Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2 » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • We pretermit events more or less irritating to follow the urbane Englishman.
  • Extract from : « The Broken Sword » by Dennison Worthington
  • As it is so cold, I think you may pass the word to pretermit the rounds to-night—save two.
  • Extract from : « The Long Night » by Stanley Weyman
  • Here follow in Mr. Plush's MS. about twenty-four pages of railroad calculations, which we pretermit.
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • It cannot be demanded of me to pretermit, because of my crime, the duty more strongly required of me because of the crime.
  • Extract from : « The Flight of the Shadow » by George MacDonald
  • But all will be expected, in the ensuing term, to proceed to those which they now pretermit.
  • Extract from : « The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as "Tommy Upmore" » by R. D. Blackmore

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