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Webster 1913 Edition
Ignore
Ig-nore′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ignored
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ignoring
.] 1.
To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
[Archaic]
Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they
ignore
. Boyle.
2.
(Law)
To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; – said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See
Ignoramus
. 3.
Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly;
as, to
ignore
certain facts; to ignore
the presence of an objectionable person.Ignoring
Italy under our feet,And seeing things before, behind.
Mrs. Browning.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ignore
IGNO'RE
,Verb.
T.