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Definition of prescind in English: prescindverb prɪˈsɪndpriˈsɪnd [no object]prescind fromformal 1Leave out of consideration. such traditionalists have prescinded from novel practices and attitudes Example sentencesExamples - After all, Christians cannot prescind from capitalism.
- There are tremendously significant issues, and this doesn't prescind from making a judgment on people's personalities.
- Here is an opportunity to prescind from emotion and think critically about a very important subject.
- In identifying defeaters that our evidence must eliminate if we are to claim knowledge, the more we prescind from practical considerations, the wider we cast our net.
- To prescind from these features, however, is to forfeit the autonomy of concrete individuals that must, as I argued, be the starting point for determining how we should act in these cases.
- 1.1with object Detach or separate from something.
his is an idea entirely prescinded from all of the others Example sentencesExamples - We can react to it and then prescind it from what we experience.
Origin Mid 17th century (in the sense 'cut off abruptly or prematurely'): from Latin praescindere, from prae 'before' + scindere 'to cut'. Rhymes downwind, Lind, rescind, Sind, upwind, wind Definition of prescind in US English: prescindverbpriˈsɪndprēˈsind [no object]prescind fromformal 1Leave out of consideration. we have prescinded from many vexing issues Example sentencesExamples - Here is an opportunity to prescind from emotion and think critically about a very important subject.
- After all, Christians cannot prescind from capitalism.
- In identifying defeaters that our evidence must eliminate if we are to claim knowledge, the more we prescind from practical considerations, the wider we cast our net.
- To prescind from these features, however, is to forfeit the autonomy of concrete individuals that must, as I argued, be the starting point for determining how we should act in these cases.
- There are tremendously significant issues, and this doesn't prescind from making a judgment on people's personalities.
- 1.1with object Cut off or separate from something.
his is an idea entirely prescinded from all of the others Example sentencesExamples - We can react to it and then prescind it from what we experience.
Origin Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘cut off abruptly or prematurely’): from Latin praescindere, from prae ‘before’ + scindere ‘to cut’. |