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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ig·nore       [ig-nawr, -nohr] Pronunciation Key
–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 know1]

ig·nor·a·ble, adjective
ig·nor·er, noun

1. overlook; slight, disregard, neglect.
1. notice, regard.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Ignore

Ig`no*ra"mus\, n. [L., we are ignorant. See Ignore.]

1. (Law) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. --Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn.

2. (pl. Ignoramuses.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.

An ignoramus in place and power. --South.

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