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verb

Ignore v. t. (past & past part. ignored; pres. part. ignoring)

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."

(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.

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ignore" Quotes from Famous Books

... sufficient force on the King's side to ignore any hostile attack in that direction, and systematic operations on the other wing, commencing with P. to Q. Kt's ...

— The Blue Book of Chess - Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis - of All the Recognized Openings • Howard Staunton and "Modern Authorities"

... concentrate—can think things out. And that afternoon, oblivious of the beauty around her, even unconscious of where she was, she studied the world of reality—that world whose existence, even the part of it lying within ourselves, we all try to ignore or to evade or to deny, and get soundly punished for our folly. Taking advantage of the floods of light Mabel Connemora had let in upon her—full light where there had been a dimness that was equal to darkness—she drew from the closets of memory and examined all the incidents of her ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... promises in several cities in the eastern states, especially in Brooklyn; so that I do not see how it is possible for me to accept your kind invitation. I have also some doubt whether it would be politic to do so. It seems to be the determination of a certain class of Republicans in New York to ignore or treat with dislike President Hayes and his administration, and to keep alive the division of opinion as to the removal of Arthur. From my view of the canvass the strength of our position now is in the honesty and success ...

— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman

... the Association. "You may hold your caucus meeting," I said, "but if it is to be private so far as I am concerned, it shall be private so far as the reporters of the Leeds Mercury are concerned also. I shall simply ignore your proceedings, and to-morrow the Leeds Mercury will make its own nomination for the vacancy." This was all very wrong, I fear, and most irregular. Indeed, remembering what power the caucus system ...

— Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 • Stuart J. Reid, ed.

... do obeisance, and kiss his foot, his lands and fortresses should be restored to him. No attention being paid to this, the Raya set out to search for the Shah, hoping, that he would be induced to do homage in the manner demanded and appearing to ignore altogether the effect which would necessarily be produced on the minds of the other kings of the Dakhan by this contemplated supreme humiliation of one of their number. The submission never took place. Krishna led his army as far north ...

— A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India • Robert Sewell

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