pretermit
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I, thinking it better to pretermit my speech to Harry, retreated into the library, and was glad to think that no one had seen that conference but myself.
From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by George MacDonald
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
Then there are all manner of the ordinary maladies of humanity, which I pretermit.
From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper
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
And thus I am, as you see me, returned to my former occupation, which I shall never again pretermit upon any motion of magnanimity.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis
“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
The pleasant musical evenings, however, which John had formerly been used to spend in the company of Mr. Gaskell were now entirely pretermitted.
From The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner
To his lasting credit he pretermitted no effort to prepare his men and steel them against the ordeal, no single care for their creature-comforts.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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
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
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
