Meaning of pretermit | Babel Free

Definitions

To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore; to neglect or omit.

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Examples

“[F]or the public, for the redemption of the whole world, God hath (shall we say⟳, pretermitted?) derelicted, forsaken, abandoned, his own⟳, and only Son.”

“The liberty of a subject lieth, therefore, only in those things which, in regulating their actions, the sovereign hath praetermitted (such as is the liberty to buy⟳, and sell⟳, and otherwise contract with one another; to choose⟳ their own⟳ abode, their own⟳ diet, their own⟳ trade⟳ of life, and institute their children as they themselves think⟳ fit; and the like⟳).”

“The fees, or allowances, that are termly given to these deputies, receiver, and clerks, for recompence of these their pains, I do purposely pretermit; because they be not certain, but arbitrary.”

“[V]arious subjects for annotation have⟳ presented themselves which, though I have⟳ no direct⟳ need⟳ of them, I could not pretermit.”

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