English Dictionary: omit | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Omit \O*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Omitting}.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see {Ob-} + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See {Mission}.] 1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. These personal comparisons I omit. --Bacon. 2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect. Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. --Addison. |