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Definition of prescind verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

prescind

verb
 
/prɪˈsɪnd/
 
/prɪˈsɪnd/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prescind
 
/prɪˈsɪnd/
 
/prɪˈsɪnd/
he / she / it prescinds
 
/prɪˈsɪndz/
 
/prɪˈsɪndz/
past simple prescinded
 
/prɪˈsɪndɪd/
 
/prɪˈsɪndɪd/
past participle prescinded
 
/prɪˈsɪndɪd/
 
/prɪˈsɪndɪd/
-ing form prescinding
 
/prɪˈsɪndɪŋ/
 
/prɪˈsɪndɪŋ/
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  1. prescind (from something) to not consider something; to leave something out
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘cut off abruptly or prematurely’): from Latin praescindere, from prae ‘before’ + scindere ‘to cut’.
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