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ig⋅nore

[ig-nawr, -nohr]

–verb (used with object), -nored, -nor⋅ing.

1.	to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.

2.	Law. (of a grand jury) to reject (a bill of indictment), as on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

Origin:
1605–15; < L ignōrāre to not know, disregard, v. deriv. of ignārus ignorant, unaware (with -ō- perh. from ignōtus unknown), equiv. to in- in- ³ + gnārus knowing, acquainted (with); akin to (g)nōscere to know ¹

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Language Translation for : Ignore

Spanish:

desatender, no hacer caso de, hacer caso omiso de,

German:

ignorieren,

Japanese:

無視する

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ig·nore (ĭg-nôr', -nōr') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ig·nored, ig·nor·ing, ig·nores
To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.

[French ignorer, from Old French, from Latin ignōrāre; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]
ig·nor'a·ble adj., ig·nor'er n.

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ignore

1611, "not to know, to be ignorant of," from Fr. ignorer, from L. ignorare "not to know, disregard," from ignarus "not knowing, unaware" (see ignorant). Sense of "pay no attention to" first recorded 1801 and not common until c.1850.

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ignore
verb
1.	refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
2.	bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss]
3.	fail to notice [ant: mark]
4.	give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn: neglect]
5.	be ignorant of or in the dark about [ant: cognise]

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Ignore

Ig*nore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored; p. pr. & vb. n. Ignoring.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.]

1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic]

Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. --Boyle.

2. (Law) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.

3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.

Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. --Mrs. Browning.

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