pretermit
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One thing, in conclusion, he "may not pretermit" to give the lie in the throat to his accuser, where he charges him with seeking support against his native country.
From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson
As it is so cold, I think you may pass the word to pretermit the rounds to-night—save two.
From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman
I begged him not to pretermit his GUARDIAN, but to examine it and give me the news.
From The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
He greeted me with a brief nod and a grim smile, but did not pretermit his paternal functions.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
Still the Inquisition did not entirely pretermit its labors.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
“The law ensures that the pretermitted heir is treated fairly and receives a portion of the estate as if there was no will in place,” the firm says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
Anselme authorise to absolue Richard the prior of Elie, vpon his satisfaction pretermitted, and to restore him to the gouernement of the priorie of Elie, if the king thought it conuenient.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I. by Raphael Holinshed
The usual afternoon trade-winds had pretermitted their rapid, panting breath, and the whole coast lay, as it were, in the hush of death.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
Beside these burning words of Mr. Carlyle any additional words of mine would stand only as superfluous foils, and are, therefore, considerately pretermitted.
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton
Meantime, under the influence of some anodyne which Pete had found in his medicine chest, Mr. Hamlin became quiet and pretermitted his vocal obligato.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
Daughters performed the said offices to their fathers, and sisters to their brothers; not pretermitting those who did not neglect their broken-pated bachelors to whom they paid equal attention.
From The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
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