pretermit
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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 Wallis, Arthur F.
What precisely is meant by 'ideal' is a question which for the moment I pretermit.
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Still the Inquisition did not entirely pretermit its labors.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
We will pretermit these absurd and silly men: but, Cousin Lucian!
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
Then there are all manner of the ordinary maladies of humanity, which I pretermit.
From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar
“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
I had no hold upon the boy, and pretermitted my design till I should have laid court to him and engaged his interest.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The monotonous strokes of an axe were suddenly pretermitted, and somewhere from the depths of the close-set pines a voice answered "Flip."
From Flip, a California romance by Harte, Bret
For the time the volcano seemed to have pretermitted its activity.
From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward
It is true that the over-population was at least as dense in the epoch of lords and ladies, and that now-a- days some customs which made Edinburgh notorious of yore have been fortunately pretermitted.
From Edinburgh Picturesque Notes by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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 Carleton, William
