pretermit

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Now in the sairvice of Goad and the King 'tis raight to pretermit no aiffort to bring the guilty to justice.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

It cannot be demanded of me to pretermit, because of my crime, the duty more strongly required of me because of the crime.

From The Flight of the Shadow by MacDonald, George

These incidents took place during Lent 1822; she would not pretermit her austerities, and fell into a decline that put her life in danger.

From A Second Home by Balzac, Honoré de

One thing, in conclusion, he "may not pretermit" to give the lie in the throat to his accuser, where he charges him with seeking support against his native country.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis

What precisely is meant by 'ideal' is a question which for the moment I pretermit.

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir