PRETERMIT


Meaning of PRETERMIT in English

-it, usu -id.+V transitive verb

( pretermitted ; pretermitted ; pretermitting ; pretermits )

Etymology: Latin praetermittere to let pass, omit, overlook, from praeter past, by, beyond + mittere to let go, send — more at smite

1. : to let pass without mention, notice, or attention : pass by or over : omit

pretermit all personal references in an account

pretermit children in a will

2. : to leave undone, unsaid, unused : neglect

3. : break off : interrupt , suspend

if only reparations were temporarily pretermitted — R.F.Harrod

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.