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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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These personal comparisons I omit. --Bacon.
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2. To forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave
undone; to neglect; to pass over.
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Her father omitted nothing in her education that
might make her the most accomplished woman of her
age. --Addison.
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