Dictionary entry

Omit

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

These personal comparisons I omit. Bacon.

2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect.

Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. Addison.