(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:13:36

Pre`ter*mis"sion (?), n. [L. praetermissio. See Pretermit.]

1.

The act of passing by or omitting; omission.

Milton.

2. Rhet.

See Preterition.

 

© Webster 1913.

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