pretermit

Example Sentences

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These incidents took place during Lent 1822; she would not pretermit her austerities, and fell into a decline that put her life in danger.

From A Second Home by Balzac, Honoré de

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 Weyman, Stanley John

But as I only stayed eight days in this place, and knew not a syllable of the language, perhaps it is as well to pretermit any disquisitions about the spirit of the people.

From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Now in the sairvice of Goad and the King 'tis raight to pretermit no aiffort to bring the guilty to justice.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

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