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单词 pretermission
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pretermissionn.

Brit. /ˌpriːtəˈmɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpridərˈmɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s– pretermission, 1800s praetermission.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praetermissiōn-, praetermissiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin praetermissiōn-, praetermissiō action of passing over, omission, in post-classical Latin also action of ceasing to do something (4th cent.) < praetermiss- , past participial stem of praetermittere pretermit v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French, French prétermission (sporadically attested in the second half of the 15th cent. in Middle French in sense 1; 1549 in sense 3), Spanish pretermisión (late 15th cent. or earlier as †pretermission in sense 1; beginning of the 17th cent. or earlier in sense 3), Italian pretermissione (14th cent. in sense 1). Compare earlier pretermitting n. Compare also slightly later preterition n.
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.
2. The action of ceasing to do something (for a time); discontinuation. Obsolete.
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.
3. Rhetoric. A figure in which attention is drawn to something by professing to omit it; = preterition n. 1. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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.]
4. Roman Law. The omission by a testator to mention in his or her will one of his or her children or natural heirs. Cf. preterition n. 5. Obsolete.
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).
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