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prescind, v.|prɪˈsɪnd|
[ad. L. præscindĕre, præsciss- to cut off in front, f. præ, pre- A. + scindĕre to cut.]
1. trans. To cut off beforehand, prematurely, or abruptly; to cut away or remove at once.
1636R. Brathwait Rom. Emp. 20 The brevity of his reigne prescinded many and great hopes of his good government of the whole Empire. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 284 Therefore these surcles are prescinded, that a new spring..may follow. 1689Consid. conc. Succession & Alleg. 17 The Crown may be so entailed..to some Persons, as to bar and prescind the Title of others. 1718Entertainer No. 29. 196 Kings ought..if they do fall into Mischiefs to prescind the Occasions of them, as soon as they are discovered. 1850O. A. Brownson Wks. VII. 218 The ingenious writer is not at liberty to prescind from divine revelation all that he is not sure of by his own instincts.
2. To cut off, detach, or separate from; to abstract.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. To Rdr. 25 Nothing..but a mere Phrase, if you prescind it from what is comprized in Remission of sins. 1710Berkeley Princ. Hum. Knowl. i. §100 An abstract idea of happiness, prescinded from all particular pleasure. 1744― Siris §225 If force be considered as prescinded from gravity and matter, and as existing only in points or centers, what can this amount to but an abstract spiritual incorporeal force? 1856Ferrier Inst. Metaph. vii. 475 Nor have universal things prescinded from the particular any absolute existence.
3. intr. (for refl.) with from:
a. To withdraw the attention from; to leave out of consideration.
†b. To separate itself, withdraw from (obs.).
†c. prescinding from, apart from (obs.).
1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health A ij, They would not be prejudiced by Custom,..but prescinding from that, give their understandings. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. ii. 6 The Air..must be defin'd, prescinding from all Admistions that are extraneous to it. Ibid. i. xii. 48 The Observer shall never find it worth while to observe Lunar Semisextiles or Quincunxes, either prescinding from their Principals. 1687Norris Coll. Misc. 362 A bare act of Obliquity does not only prescind from, but also positively deny such a speical dependence of it upon the will. 1713Berkeley Alciphr. vii. §5 The abstract general idea of man prescinding from, and exclusive of all particular shape, size, complexion, passions, faculties, and every individual circumstance. 1890W. S. Lilly Right & Wrong 98 In what I am about to write I prescind entirely from all theological theories and religious symbols.
Hence preˈscindent a., prescinding, abstracting.
1715Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. ii. 101 Which no Body who knows the prescindent Faculties of the Soul..can deny. |