ignore : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ignore	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ignore v refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" Synonym(s): ignore, disregard, snub, cut bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" Synonym(s): dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore fail to notice Antonym(s): mark, note, notice give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" Synonym(s): neglect, ignore, disregard be ignorant of or in the dark about Antonym(s): cognise, cognize, know
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ignore \Ignore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ignoring}.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See {Know}, and cf. {Narrate}.] 1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic] Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. --Boyle. 2. (Law) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See {Ignoramus}. 3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore* certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person. Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. --Mrs. Browning.