Antonyms for pretermit
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pree-ter-mit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpri tərˈmɪt |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for pretermit
- affront
- brush aside
- brush off
- condemn
- depreciate
- despise
- detest
- discount
- disdain
- dismiss
- disregard
- have nothing to do with
- ignore
- keep at arm's length
- keep one's distance
- laugh off
- let go
- live with
- make light of
- not care for
- overlook
- pass by
- pass over
- pass up
- pay no attention to
- pay no mind
- pretermit
- rebuff
- reject
- scant
- scorn
- shrug off
- slight
- slur
- spurn
- tune out
- underestimate
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