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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ignore  \Ig*nore"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ignored};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Ignoring}.]  [L.  ignorare  pref.  in-  not  +  the  root  of 
  gnarus  knowing,  noscere  to  become  acquainted  with  See 
  {Know},  and  cf  {Narrate}.] 
  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  want  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ignore 
  v  1:  refuse  to  acknowledge;  "She  cut  him  dead  at  the  meeting" 
  [syn:  {disregard},  {snub},  {cut}] 
  2:  bar  from  attention  or  consideration;  "She  dismissed  his 
  advances"  [syn:  {dismiss},  {disregard},  {brush  aside},  {brush 
  off},  {discount},  {push  aside}] 
  3:  fail  to  notice  [ant:  {notice}] 
  4:  give  little  attention  or  respect  to  [syn:  {neglect},  {slight}, 
  {disregard},  {cold-shoulder}] 
  5:  be  ignorant  of  or  in  the  dark  about  [ant:  {know}] 




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