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Webster 1913 Edition


Omit

O-mit′

,
Verb.
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 forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect; to pass over.
Her father
omitted
nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Omit

OMIT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. omitto; ob and mitto, to send.]
1.
To leave, pass by or neglect; to fail or forbear to do or to use; as, to omit an opportunity of writing a letter. To omit known duty is criminal.
2.
To leave out; not to insert or mention; as, to omit an important word in a deed; to omit invidious comparisons; to omit a passage in reading or transcribing.

Definition 2024


omît

omît

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French

Verb

omît

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of omettre