neglegere

  • 41neglect — verb fail to give proper care or attention to. ↘fail to do something. noun the state or process of neglecting or being neglected. ↘failure to do something. Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as negligence, negligent): from L. neglect , neglegere disregard …

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  • 42negligence — noun failure to take proper care over something. ↘Law breach of a duty of care which results in damage. Derivatives negligent adjective negligently adverb Origin ME: from OFr., or from L. negligentia, from negligere, var. of neglegere (see… …

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  • 43neglect — ne•glect [[t]nɪˈglɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight 2) to be remiss in the care of: to neglect one s appearance[/ex] 3) to omit, as through indifference or carelessness: to neglect to reply to… …

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  • 44negligent — neg•li•gent [[t]ˈnɛg lɪ dʒənt[/t]] adj. 1) guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials[/ex] 2) careless and indifferent; offhand: a negligent shrug[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L negligent , s. of negligēns, prp …

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  • 45leĝ- —     leĝ     English meaning: to gather     Deutsche Übersetzung: “zusammenlesen, sammeln”     Material: Gk. λέγω ‘sammle, lese together, zähle, rede, say”, καταλέγω “verzeichne”, συλλογή ‘sammlung”, ἐκλογή “Auswahl”, λόγος, λέξις “ discourse “,… …

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  • 46neglect — ► VERB 1) fail to give proper care or attention to. 2) fail to do something. ► NOUN 1) the state of being neglected. 2) the action of neglecting. ORIGIN Latin neglegere disregard …

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  • 47neglect — [ni glekt′] vt. [< L neglectus, pp. of negligere, neglegere, not to heed, be regardless of < neg (see NEGATION) + legere, to gather (see LOGIC)] 1. to ignore or disregard [to neglect the advice of others] 2. to fail to care for or attend to …

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  • 48neglect — v. & n. v.tr. 1 fail to care for or to do; be remiss about (neglected their duty; neglected his children). 2 (foll. by verbal noun, or to + infin.) fail; overlook or forget the need to (neglected to inform them; neglected telling them). 3 not pay …

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  • 49negligence — n. 1 a a lack of proper care and attention; carelessness. b an act of carelessness. 2 Law = contributory negligence. 3 Art freedom from restraint or artificiality. Derivatives: negligent adj. negligently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF negligence or L… …

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  • 50neglection — nə̇ˈglekshən noun ( s) Etymology: Latin neglection , neglectio neglect, from neglectus (past participle of neglegere to neglect) + ion , io ion more at neglect chiefly dialect : neglect …

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