Dictionary entry

Prescind

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pre‐scind″ (prē̍‐sĭnd″), v. t. [L. praescindere to cut off in front; prae before + scindere to cut asunder: cf. F. prescinder.]

1. To cut off; to abstract. Norris.

2. (Metaph.) To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.