PRESCIND


Meaning of PRESCIND in English

prēˈsind verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin praescindere to cut off in front, from prae- pre- + scindere to cut, split — more at shed

transitive verb

1. archaic : to cut short, off, or away : sever

the brevity of his reign prescinded many … hopes of his good government — Richard Brathwaite

2. : to abstract by an act of attention : detach for purposes of thought : separate in consideration — used with from

its momentousness … prescinded their minds from the goat — Malcolm Lowry

I cannot prescind … the existence of a sensible thing from being perceived — George Berkeley

intransitive verb

: to abstract or detach oneself — used with from

we have prescinded from all these concrete characteristics — Peter Dunne

if we prescind entirely from any audience consideration — Quarterly Journal of Speech

Synonyms: see detach

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