[syn: neglect, ignore, disregard]
5. be ignorant of or in the dark about;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
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Philosophy would solidly be established, if men
would more carefully distinguish those things that
they know from those that they ignore. --Boyle.
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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.
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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.
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Ignoring Italy under our feet,
And seeing things before, behind. --Mrs.
Browning.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ignore
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
[syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his
advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush
off, discount, push aside, ignore]
3: fail to notice [ant: mark, note, notice]
4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
neglect, ignore, disregard]
5: be ignorant of or in the dark about [ant: cognise,
cognize, know]