单词 | pretermission |
释义 | pretermissionn. 1. The action of overlooking or disregarding something; the omission of something from a speech, narrative, etc.; omission of or neglect to do something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone omissionc1400 leavinga1425 omittingc1450 pretermission1581 upsitting1680 defalcation1750 balking1783 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [noun] > passing over, omission > in a narrative silencea1513 pretermission1704 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [noun] > passing over, omission hippingc1440 overskippingc1450 skipping1566 pretermission1879 1581 W. Fowler Answer Hammiltoun sig. Bijv Yit for eschewing of prolixity quhilk may procure tidiousnes, and for the pretermission of thy calumious railing, quhilk may breid offence, I wil end. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. i. 59 The pretermission of thankes for any goodnes..bestowed by the Lorde,..is horrible. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 18) 1614 Any pretermission of the Physician, may exalt the disease. 1681 L. Womock Verdict upon Dissenters Plea sig. Ov By their pretermission, and neglect of what is injoyned them, they break the Law, despise Authority, and give scandal to the Church. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iii. 79 I proceed to refute the Objections of those who argue from the Silence and Pretermission of Authors. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pretermission, the act of omitting. 1855 R. Browning Men & Women in Poet. Wks. (1888–192) IV. 192 Why, look For scarce abatement of his cheerfulness, Or pretermission of the daily craft! 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxvii. 211 God's righteousness, which might otherwise have been called in question, because of the prætermission of past sins. 1988 M. Brodsky X in Paris 182 Your love of detail—fragment—anything that obliging you to bear witness permits the pretermission of your own eminently witnessable acts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] steadc1000 leathc1175 abiding1340 broklinga1400 pausation1422 pausing1440 interceasingc1450 suspensing?1504 suspending1524 intermission1526 leathing1535 suspensationc1571 intercession1572 suspense1584 abeyance1593 suspension1603 recession1606 interruption1607 recess1620 intercision1625 intercessation1659 intermittency1662 pretermission1677 break1689 cess1703 intermittence1796 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > giving up (a habit) disaccustoming1479 pretermission1831 1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica i. i. i. xii. 45 There was no absolute pretermission of that Reckoning. 1831 P. F. Tytler Lives Sc. Worthies I. 113 The detestation and pretermission of vice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > emphasis by pretending to omit occupatio1550 occupation1550 paralipsis1550 passenger1589 preteritiona1602 apophasis1656 reticence1686 pretermission1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Preterition, or Pretermission, in Rhetoric, a Figure, whereby, in pretending to pass over a thing untouch'd, we make a summary mention thereof. 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pretermission.] ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > omission to mention one of natural heirs preterition1722 pretermission1795 1795 G. Wythe Decis. Cases Virginia 104 Inserting in her will apology for the pretermission of her daughter. 1833 J.B. Moyle tr. Imperatoris Justiniani Institutionum II. 70 And declares that their pretermission shall have the effect of avoiding the will of their parent. 1871 E. Poste tr. Gaius Elem. Roman Law ii. Comm. 225 The result of the lex Voconia, coupled with the rules of pretermission and intestacy, is the following: a daughter might take half her father's estate either as legatee..or..as heiress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581 |
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