Definition of pretermit Pretermit
pre•ter•mit
We found 5 definitions of pretermit from 4 different sources.
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What does pretermit mean?
WordNet
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| pretermit - disregard intentionally or let pass | ||
| disregard, neglect, ignore leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" | ||
| pretermit - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" | ||
| neglect, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap | ||
| take to heart, attend to get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please" | ||
| forget be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" | ||
| skip over, pass over, skip, jump fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pretermit (v. t.)
To pass by; to omit; to disregard.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pretermit
prē-tėr-mit′, v.t. to pass by: to omit: to leave undone:—pr.p. prētermit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. prētermit′ted.—n. Pretermis′sion, the act of passing by: omission. [L. præter, past, mittĕre, to send.]
