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Webster 1913 Edition

Pretermission

Preˊter-mis′sion

,

Noun.

[L.

praetermissio

. See

.]

1.

The act of passing by or omitting; omission.

Milton.

2.

(Rhet.)

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Webster 1828 Edition

Pretermission

PRETERMIS'SION.

n. [L. proetermissio, from proetermitto.]

A passing by; omission.

1.

In rhetoric, the same as preterition.