pretermit, v.

[Dave Monroe]

pretermit, v.


1. trans. To neglect or omit (an action, duty, etc.); to leave undone
or unused; to fail to attend to. Freq., esp. in early use, with
infinitive as object. Now chiefly U.S. Law.

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    2. trans.

    a. To leave out of a speech, narrative, etc.; to omit; to neglect
to mention. Now rare.
a1522 G. DOUGLAS tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) VI. xiv. 88 Quha wold thé,
gret Cato, lefe onhyt? Or quha with silens Cossus pretermyt [L.
tacitum..relinquat]? a1538 T. STARKEY Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 110
Bycause I see here ys not the place now to dyspute..I wyl thys
pretermytt & set apart. 1598 J. STOW Suruay of London 86 The recitall
whereof, I pretermit for breuitie. 1651 T. HOBBES Leviathan (1839) 194
In all kinds of actions by the laws prætermitted, men have the
liberty, of doing what their own reasons shall suggest, for the most
profitable to themselves. 1746 H. FIELDING True Patriot 21 Jan. 1/3
The Lad..had uttered many wicked Things, which I pretermitted in my
Narrative. 1785 T. JEFFERSON Notes Virginia v. 38 The Natural bridge,
the most sublime of Nature's works, though not comprehended under the
present head, must not be pretermitted. 1879 W. E. GLADSTONE Gleanings
Past Years IV. v. 228 Some points of conduct relating to the present
war..we advisedly pretermit. 1893 Lafayette (Louisiana)Advertiser
(Electronic text) 5 Feb., Pretermitting all references to nationality,
political opinions or denominational distinctions or preferences.

    b. Theol. To pass over in electing to salvation. Cf. PRETERITION
n. 3. Obs. rare.
1608 A. WILLET Hexapla in Exodum 812 God doth..of his owne will, as he
electeth some so pretermit others.

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