| 单词 | pretermission |
| 释义 | pretermission|priːtəˈmɪʃən|
Also præter-.
[ad. L. prætermissiōn-em, n. of action f. prætermittĕre: see next. So F. prétermission (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
The action of pretermitting.
1. The passing over, overlooking, or disregarding of anything; omission of anything from a narrative; omission of, or neglect to do, something.
1583Babington Commandm. i. (1637) 11 The pretermission of thankes for any goodnesse..bestowed by the Lord,..is horrible. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii. 18 Any pretermission of the physician may exalt the disease. 1704Swift T. Tub iii. (1709) 52, I proceed to refute the objections of those who argue from the silence and pretermission of authors. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 211 God's righteousness, which might otherwise have been called in question because of the prætermission of past sins.
2. Ceasing to do something (for a time); leaving off the practice of anything; disuse.
1677Cary Chronol. i. i. i. xii. 45 There was no absolute pretermission of that Reckoning. 1831Tytler Lives Scott. Worthies I. 113 The detestation and pretermission of vice.
3. Rhet. = preterition 3.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Preterition, or Pretermission, in rhetoric, a figure whereby, in pretending to pass over a thing untouched, we make a summary mention thereof. 1828in Webster. Hence in mod. Dicts.
4. Rom. Law. = preterition 5.
1795Wythe Decis. Virginia 104 Inserting in her will apology for the pretermission of her daughter. |
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