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o⋅mit
[oh-mit] 
–verb (used with object), o⋅mit⋅ted, o⋅mit⋅ting.
| 1. | to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list. |
| 2. | to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc.: to omit a greeting. |
Related forms:
o⋅mit⋅ter, noun
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| o·mit (ō-mĭt') tr.v. o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting, o·mits
[Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere : ob-, against, away; see ob- + mittere, to send.] |
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Omit
O*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Omitting.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission.]1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. These personal comparisons I omit. --Bacon. 2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect. Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. --Addison.
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Language Translation for : omit
Spanish:
omitir, suprimir,
German:
weglassen,
Japanese:
省く
omit
1432, from L. omittere "lay aside, disregard, let go," from ob (here perhaps intensive) + mittere "let go, send."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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