Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-MIT'
O-MIT', v.t. [L. omitto; ob and mitto, to send.]
- To leave, pass by or neglect; to fail or forbear to do or to use; as, to omit an opportunity of writing a letter. To omit known duty is criminal.
- To leave out; not to insert or mention; as, to omit an important word in a deed; to omit invidious comparisons; to omit a passage in reading or transcribing.
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