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ig⋅nore

  [ig-nawr, -nohr]
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–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

Related forms:
ig⋅nor⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ig⋅nor⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. overlook; slight, disregard, neglect.

Antonyms:
1. notice, regard.
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ig·nore   (ĭg-nôr', -nōr')   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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