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   pretermit

   /ˌpriːtəˈmɪt/

   verb

   • 1. omit to do or mention: "some points of conduct we advisedly pretermit"
   • 2. abandon (a custom or continuous action) for a time: "the pleasant musical evenings were now entirely pretermitted"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin praetermittere, from praeter ‘past, beyond’ + mittere ‘let go’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pretermission noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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